lang

See also: lång, lāng, láng, lǎng, làng, lảng, lạng, and Lang

English

Pronunciation

  • enPR: lăng, IPA(key): /læŋ/
  • Rhymes: -æŋ

Noun

lang (plural langs)

  1. Abbreviation of language

Adjective

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for lang in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

lang (comparative langer, superlative langest)

  1. (obsolete) long

Derived terms

Further reading

  • lang in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

Alemannic German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɑŋ/

Adjective

lang (comparative lenger, superlative lengscht)

  1. long
  2. tall, high

Declension

Declension of lang
masculine feminine neuter plural
Weak inflection nominative/accusative langi langi langi lange
dative lange lange lange lange
Strong inflection nominative/accusative lange langi langs langi
dative lange lange lange lange

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse langr, from Proto-Germanic *langaz (“long”), from Proto-Indo-European *dluh₂gʰó- (“long”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lanɡ/, [lɑŋˀ]

Adjective

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

  1. long (having great distance)

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɑŋ/
  • audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑŋ

Adjective

lang (comparative langer, superlative langst)

  1. long
    Het was een lange dag.
    It was a long day.
    Antonym: kort
  2. tall
    Een lange man.
    A tall man.
    Antonyms: kort, klein
  3. long (time), lengthy, a long time
    Het duurt lang.
    It takes a long time.
    Wie heeft het langst gespeeld?
    Who played longest?

Inflection

Inflection of lang
uninflected lang
inflected lange
comparative langer
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial langlangerhet langst
het langste
indefinite m./f. sing. langelangerelangste
n. sing. langlangerlangste
plural langelangerelangste
definite langelangerelangste
partitive langslangers—

Derived terms

Adverb

lang

  1. (with negation) by far
    Lang niet iedereen houdt van vlees.
    Not everyone by far likes meat.

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laŋ(k)/
  • audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -aŋ

Adjective

lang (comparative länger, superlative am längsten)

  1. long
  2. tall, high, lofty
  3. lengthy (time)

Declension

Comparative forms of lang
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist länger sie ist länger es ist länger sie sind länger
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative längerer längere längeres längere
genitive längeren längerer längeren längerer
dative längerem längerer längerem längeren
accusative längeren längere längeres längere
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der längere die längere das längere die längeren
genitive des längeren der längeren des längeren der längeren
dative dem längeren der längeren dem längeren den längeren
accusative den längeren die längere das längere die längeren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein längerer eine längere ein längeres (keine) längeren
genitive eines längeren einer längeren eines längeren (keiner) längeren
dative einem längeren einer längeren einem längeren (keinen) längeren
accusative einen längeren eine längere ein längeres (keine) längeren

Antonyms

Derived terms

Adverb

lang

  1. (chiefly colloquial, but also found in formal style) Alternative form of lange
    Der Ausflug hat lang gedauert.
    The trip took quite long.
  2. long, sprawled, stretched (physically)
    Er lag lang auf der Erde.
    He lay sprawled on the ground.

Postposition

lang (+ accusative)

  1. for (temporal)
    Er ist ein Jahr lang um die Welt gereist.
    He travelled around the world for one year.
    • 2010, Der Spiegel, issue 34/2010, page 87:
      Die Pharmakonzerne müssen ihre Preise nun drei Jahre lang auf dem Niveau vom Sommer 2009 einfrieren.
      The pharmaceutical companies now have to freeze their prices for three years at the level of summer 2009.
  2. (chiefly colloquial, but also found in formal style) Alternative form of entlang
    Gehen Sie einfach diese Straße lang!
    Just go along this street!

Verb

lang

  1. Imperative singular of langen.

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French langue (“language”).

Noun

lang

  1. language
  2. tongue

Synonyms

Icelandic

Noun

lang m

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

Low German

Etymology

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

Adjective

lang (comparative länger, superlative längst)

  1. long

Declension

Comparative forms of lang
gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative he is länger se is länger dat is länger se sünd länger
partitive een längers een längers wat längers allens länger
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative längere längere länger längere
oblique längern längere länger längere
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative de längere de längere dat längere de längern
oblique den längern de längere dat längere de längern
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative en längere en längere en länger (keen) längern
oblique en längern en längere en länger (keen) längern
Superlative forms of lang
gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative he is de Längste se is de Längste dat is dat Längste se sünd de Längsten
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative längste längste längst längste
oblique längsten längste längst längste
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative de längste de längste dat längste de längsten
oblique den längsten de längste dat längste de längsten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative en längste en längste en längst (keen) längsten
oblique en längsten en längste en längst (keen) längsten

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lanka.

Noun

lang

  1. yarn

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

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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

  • Audio(file)

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse langr. Akin to English long.

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)
  • IPA(key): /lɑŋː/ (example of pronunciation)

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)
    Når fekk du det lange håret?
    When did you get such long hair?
  2. long (of duration)
    Denne filmen var lang.
    This movie was long.

Derived terms

References

Nyishi

Numeral

lang

  1. (cardinal) hundred

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *langaz, from Proto-Indo-European *longʰo-. Cognate with Old Saxon lang (Dutch lang), Old High German lang (German lang), Old Norse langr (Swedish lång, Danish lang, Norwegian Bokmål lang, Icelandic langur).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɑŋɡ/

Adjective

lang (comparative lengra, superlative lengest)

  1. long

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *langaz, whence also Old English lang, Old Norse langr.

Adjective

lang

  1. long

Descendants

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *langaz.

Adjective

lang

  1. long

Declension


Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German lang, Dutch lang, English long.

Adjective

lang

  1. long
  2. diluted
    langi Brieh ― diluted broth

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English lang, from Old English lang (“long, tall, lasting”), from Proto-Germanic *langaz (“long”), from Proto-Indo-European *dl̥h₁gʰós (“long”). Cognate with English long.

Adjective

lang (comparative langer, superlative langest)

  1. long

Adverb

lang (comparative langer, superlative langest)

  1. long

Derived terms

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laŋ/

Adverb

lang

  1. only, just

Synonyms

Tok Pisin

Noun

lang

  1. fly (insect)

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lanka, akin to Finnish lanka.

Noun

lang

  1. yarn

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Adjective

lang (𫉱)

  1. roan, piebald
    con bò lang ― roan cow
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