langen

See also: Langen, Längen, Lången, and lången

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Adjective

langen

  1. (archaic) inflection of lang:
    1. masculine accusative/dative singular
    2. neuter dative singular
    3. dative plural

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaŋən/
  • Rhymes: -aŋn̩

Etymology 1

From Middle High German langen, from Old High German langēn, from Proto-West Germanic *langōn, from Proto-Germanic *langōną.

Verb

langen (weak, third-person singular present langt, past tense langte, past participle gelangt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (informal, intransitive) to reach, to grab [with nach (+ dative) ‘for something’ or adverbial of direction]
    Synonyms: greifen, fassen
  2. (informal, transitive, dative reflexive) to take, to grab
    Synonyms: nehmen, greifen
  3. (informal, ditransitive) to pass, to hand something to someone
    Synonym: reichen
  4. (informal, intransitive, chiefly impersonal) to suffice, to be enough [with dative ‘for someone’]
    Synonyms: ausreichen, reichen, genügen
    Mir langt's.I've had enough
Usage notes
  • While not strictly regionally limited in usage, especially historically, it tends to be more common in Southern Germany and Switzerland.
Conjugation
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Descendants
  • Swedish: langa

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

langen

  1. inflection of lang:
    1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
    2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
    3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
    4. strong dative plural
    5. weak/mixed all-case plural

Further reading

  • langen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • langen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • langen” in Duden online
  • langen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *langon, from Proto-West Germanic *langijan.

Verb

langen

  1. to be/become long
  2. to lengthen, to make longer
  3. to touch
  4. to hand, to pass, to reach in order to give
  5. (impersonal) to long [with dative ‘subject’]

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading

  • langhen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “langen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN