lang

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English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: lăng; IPA^(key): /læŋ/
• Rhymes: -æŋ

Etymology 1

Noun

lang (plural langs)

1. Abbreviation of language

Derived terms

• artlang
• conlang
• engelang
• jokelang
• loglang
• memelang
• speedlang
• natlang

Etymology 2

Etymology

Inherited from Northern Middle English lang (“long”) (southern long).

Adjective

lang (comparative langer, superlative langest)

1. (obsolete outside Northumbria) long

Usage notes

• "Lang" was still used for "long" in several northern English dialects at the time of the Survey of English Dialects, but it is now virtually extinct.

Derived terms

Further reading

• “lang”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Angl.

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German lanc, from Old High German lang, from Proto-West Germanic *lang. Cognate with German lang, Dutch lang, English long, Icelandic langur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɑŋ/

Adjective

lang (comparative lenger, superlative lengscht)

1. long
2. tall, high

Declension

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse langr, from Proto-Germanic *langaz (“long”), cognate with Swedish lång, English long, German lang. The adjective goes back to Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos, *dl̥h₁gʰós (“long”), which is also the source of Latin longus, Ancient Greek δολιχός (dolikhós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lanɡ/, [lɑŋˀ]
• Rhymes: -ɑŋˀ

Adjective

lang (neuter langt, plural and definite singular attributive lange, comparative længere, superlative (predicative) længst, superlative (attributive) længste)

1. long (having great distance)

Further reading

• “lang” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “lang” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch lanc, from Old Dutch *lang, from Proto-West Germanic *lang, from Proto-Germanic *langaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɑŋ/
• Hyphenation: lang
• Rhymes: -ɑŋ

Adjective

lang (comparative langer, superlative langst)

1. long

   Antonym: kort

2. tall

   Antonyms: kort, klein

3. long (time), lengthy, a long time

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: lank
• Berbice Creole Dutch: langgi
• Jersey Dutch: lānk
• Negerhollands: lang, laṅ
• → Sranan Tongo: langa
  • → Aukan: langa
  • → Ndyuka-Trio Pidgin: langame
  • → Saramaccan: lánga, djanga

Adverb

lang

1. (with negation) by far

East Central German

Adverb

lang

1. (Erzgebirgisch) already

   Synonym: schu

Further reading

• 1982 Karl-Heinz Schmidt, Itze schlöft dr Pastor ei : Heiteres aus dem Erzgebirge. P. 12

German

Etymology

From Middle High German lanc, from Old High German lang, from Proto-West Germanic *lang, from Proto-Germanic *langaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laŋ/, [laŋ], (northern also) [laŋk]
• Rhymes: -aŋ

Adjective

lang (strong nominative masculine singular langer, comparative länger, superlative am längsten)

1. long; lengthy (in space or time)

   Antonym: kurz

2. (of a person) tall

   Synonym: (more common) groß

3. (with units of time, chiefly Jahre) many (indicating the length of the time in total)

   Synonym: viel

Declension

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “tall”): klein; kurz (latter rather rude)

Derived terms

• jahrelang
• Länge
• Langeweile
• langmachen
• langschwänzig
• langweilig
• langwierig
• monatelang
• stundenlang
• überlang
• verlängern
• wochenlang
• Vokuhila

Adverb

lang

1. (chiefly colloquial, but also found in formal style) Alternative form of lange

2. long, sprawled, stretched (physically)

Postposition

lang [with accusative]

1. for (temporal)
2. (chiefly colloquial, but also found in formal style) Alternative form of entlang

Inflection

Verb

lang

1. singular imperative of langen

Further reading

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

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French langue (“language”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lãɡ/, [lãŋ]

Noun

lang

1. A language.
2. A tongue.

Synonyms

• langaj

Hokkien

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German lanc, from Old High German lang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laŋ/

Adjective

lang (comparative lenger, superlative lengest)

1. long

Declension

Related terms

• langst

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Icelandic

Noun

lang m

1. accusative indefinite singular of langur
2. dative indefinite singular of langur

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaŋ/
• Rhymes: -laŋ, -aŋ, -ŋ
• Hyphenation: lang

Etymology 1

Noun

lang (plural lang-lang)

1. aphetic form of êlang (“eagle”)
2. (obsolete) aphetic form of selang

Etymology 2

From Betawi [Term?], probably from Dutch lang (“tall”), from Middle Dutch lanc, from Old Dutch *lang, from Proto-Germanic *langaz.

Noun

lang (plural lang-lang)

1. tiered table

Further reading

• “lang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Lashi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laŋ/

Classifier

lang

1. Classifier for big moving objects, like a river.

References

• Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎^[2], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German lang, from Old Saxon lang, from Proto-West Germanic *lang. Cognate to German lang, Dutch lang, English long.

Adjective

lang (comparative länger, superlative längst)

1. long

Declension

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lanka.

Noun

lang

1. A yarn.

Malay

Etymology

From Austroasiatic; compare Bahnar klang, Pacoh calang, Khmer ខ្លែង (khlaeng), Mang laːŋ¹, Central Nicobarese [Nancowry] kalâng and Chong kʰlaːˀŋ. Doublet of elang and helang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laŋ/
• Rhymes: -aŋ

Noun

lang (Jawi spelling لڠ, plural lang-lang, informal 1st possessive langku, 2nd possessive langmu, 3rd possessive langnya)

1. eagle (Any of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae)

   Synonyms: elang, helang

References

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “الڠ lang”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 116
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “لڠ lang”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 599
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “lang”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, pages 15-6

Further reading

• “lang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Mandarin

Romanization

lang

1. Nonstandard spelling of lāng.
2. Nonstandard spelling of láng.
3. Nonstandard spelling of lǎng.
4. Nonstandard spelling of làng.

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Masbatenyo

Adverb

lang

1. just; only; merely

Mato

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑŋ/

Noun

lang

1. water

References

• Phonological Descriptions of Papua New Guinea Languages (2005, SIL, edited by Steve Parker), section Mato (Nenaya, Nengaya, Nineia) Language, page 28: lang [ˈlɑŋ] 'water'

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

Adjective

lang (neuter singular langt, definite singular and plural lange, comparative lengre, indefinite superlative lengst, definite superlative lengste)

1. long
2. tall

Derived terms

References

• “lang” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse langr. Akin to English long.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɑŋː/

Adjective

lang (masculine and feminine lang, neuter langt, definite singular and plural lange, comparative lengre, indefinite superlative lengst, definite superlative lengste)

1. long (of physical length)

2. long (of duration)

Derived terms

References

• “lang” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Nyishi

Numeral

lang

1. hundred

Old English

Alternative forms

• long

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *lang, from Proto-Germanic *langaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos.

Cognate with Old Frisian long, Old Saxon lang, Old High German lang, Old Norse langr, Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍃 (laggs), and outside of Germanic, with Latin longus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɑnɡ/, [lɑŋɡ]

Adjective

lang (comparative lengra, superlative lenġest)

1. long
   • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy

   • preface to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, manuscript E

   • late 9th century, Old English Martyrology

   • Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Manuscript A, year 893

   • late 9th century, Old English Martyrology

   • late 9th century, anonymous translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

   • c. 996, Ælfric's Lives of Saints

   • Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Manuscript A, year 897

   • c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English

2. tall
   • c. 1000, unknown author, Vercelli Homily IX

   • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy

   • c. 996, Ælfric's Lives of Saints

Declension

Antonyms

• sċort

Derived terms

Descendants

• Middle English: long, longe, longue, lang, lange, langhe
  • English: long
  • Geordie English: lang
  • Scots: lang
  • Yola: lhaung, long

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *lang, related to Old English lang, Old Norse langr.

Adjective

lang

1. long

Descendants

• Middle High German: lanc
  • Alemannic German: lang
  • Bavarian:

    Cimbrian: lång

    Mòcheno: lònk

  • German: lang
  • Hunsrik: lang
  • Luxembourgish: laang
  • Pennsylvania German: lang
  • Vilamovian: łaong
  • Yiddish: לאַנג (lang)

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• long

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *lang.

Adjective

lang

1. long

Declension

Descendants

• Middle Low German: lanc, lang, lanch
  • Low German: lang
  • Plautdietsch: lang, lank

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German lanc, from Old High German lang. Compare German lang, Dutch lang, English long.

Adjective

lang

1. long
2. diluted

   langi Brieh ― diluted broth

Plautdietsch

Etymology

From Middle Low German lanc, from Old Saxon lang.

Adjective

lang

1. long (in time)

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English lang, from Old English lang (“long, tall, lasting”). Cognate with English long.

Adjective

lang (comparative langer, superlative langest)

1. long

Adverb

lang (comparative langer, superlative langest)

1. long

Derived terms

• langsome
• lang syne

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• laang
• lng — text messaging

Etymology

Contraction of laang or lamang.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlaŋ/ [ˈlaŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: lang

Adverb

lang (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜅ᜔)

1. only; just

   Synonym: lamang

Derived terms

Further reading

• “lang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Tok Pisin

Noun

lang

1. A fly (insect).

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lanka, probably borrowed from Proto-Germanic *langô. Cognate with Finnish lanka.

Noun

lang

1. yarn, thread

Declension

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [laːŋ˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [laːŋ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [laːŋ˧˧]

Etymology 1

Adjective

lang • (郎)

1. roan, piebald

   con bò lang ― roan cow

Derived terms

• lang ben

Etymology 2

Noun

lang • (𫉱, 良, 榔)

1. (only in compounds) sweet potato

Derived terms

• khoai lang
• rau lang

Etymology 3

Sino-Vietnamese word from 郎.

Noun

lang

1. (only in compounds) man; male

See also