gang

From Dutch gang, from Middle Dutch ganc, from Old Dutch gank, gang, from Proto-Germanic *gangaz.


gang

second-person imperative singular of gaa


gang

Borrowed from English gang, from Middle English gang, from Old English gang (“a journey; way; passage”), from Proto-Germanic *gangaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰongʰ-o-s, from *ǵʰengʰ- (“to step; stride”).


gang

Hvor mange gange slog klokken?

a way or path to walk on, either outdoors or indoors (a corridor)

head

gang c (singular definite gangen, plural indefinite gange)

gangen (definite singular)
gange (indefinite plural)
gang (indefinite nominative singular)
gangen (definite nominative singular)
gange (indefinite nominative plural)
gangene (definite nominative plural)
gangs (genitive indefinite singular)
gangens (definite genitive singular)
ganges (genitive indefinite plural)
gangenes (definite genitive plural)

From Old Danish gang, from Old Norse gangr, from Proto-Germanic *gangaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ- (“stride, step”).


gang

De oude stad heeft vele smalle gangen die toeristen aantrekken.

The old city has many narrow alleys that attract tourists.

Achter het huis is een smalle gang die naar de tuin leidt.

Behind the house is a narrow passageway leading to the garden.

Het gangetje tussen de gebouwen is moeilijk te vinden.

The small alley between the buildings is hard to find.

Zijn trotse gang maakte indruk op iedereen.

Ze heeft een elegante gang die opvalt.

She has an elegant walk that stands out.

De dokter beoordeelde zijn gang tijdens de fysieke beoordeling.

The doctor assessed his gait during the physical evaluation.

gait, walk (person's manner of walking or stepping)

De gang naar het zuiden was lang en vermoeiend.

The journey to the south was long and tiring.

Deze gang zal ons naar onbekende gebieden leiden.

This journey will lead us to unknown territories.

Elke gang brengt nieuwe avonturen en uitdagingen met zich mee.

Every journey brings new adventures and challenges.

De gang was verlicht met oude lantaarns.

Aan het einde van de gang is een deur naar de tuin.

At the end of the corridor is a door to the garden.

Het gangetje leidt naar de slaapkamers.

The small hallway leads to the bedrooms.

Het voorgerecht is de eerste gang van het diner.

The appetizer is the first course of the dinner.

Hoeveel gangen heeft dit feestelijke diner?

How many courses does this festive dinner have?

De chefkok bereidde een vijfgangenmaaltijd voor.

nl-noun

gang m (plural gangen, diminutive gangetje n)

gangen (plural)
gangetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: gang

Petjo: gang

→ Balinese: ᬕᬂ (gang)

→ Caribbean Javanese: gang

→ Indonesian: gang

→ Min Nan: 澗 /涧 (kàn, “narrow street”)

desc

→ Papiamentu: gang, han, hangetsji, hangetsje

From Middle Dutch ganc, from Old Dutch gank, gang, from Proto-West Germanic *gang, from Proto-Germanic *gangaz.


gang

(Colin alone) Ah, Colin, thou’rt a prodigal; a thriftless loon thou’st been, that cou’d na’ keep a little pelf to thysall when thou had’st got it; now thou may’st gang in this poor geer to thy live's end, and worse too for aught I can tell; ’faith, mon, ’twas a smeart little bysack of money thou hadst scrap’d together, an the best part of it had na’ being last amongst thy kinsfolk, in the Isles of Skey and Mull; muckle gude may it do the weams of them that ha’ it! There was Jamie MacGregor and Sawney MacNab, and the twa braw lads of Kinruddin, with old Charley MacDougall, my mother's first husband's second cousin: by my sol I cou’d na’ see such near relations, and gentlemen of sich auncient families gang upon bare feet, while I rode a horseback: I had been na’ true Scot, an I cou’d na’ ge’en a countryman a gude last upon occasion (as he is going out, Miss Aubrey enters.)

1772, Richard Cumberland, The Fashionable Lover. A Comedy., act III:

"And am I to meet my Mary at Moffat? Come away, little, dear, welcome body, thou blessed of heaven, come away, and taste of an auld shepherd's best cheer, and I'll gang foot for foot with you to Moffat, and my auld wife shall gang foot for foot with us too. I tell you, little, blessed, and welcome crile, come along with me."

(intransitive, Northern England, Scotland) To go; walk; proceed.

en-verb

gang (third-person singular simple present gangs, present participle ganging, simple past and past participle ganged)

gangs (present singular third-person)
ganging (participle present)
ganged (participle past)
ganged (past)

From Middle English gangen, from Old English gangan (“to go, walk, turn out”), from Proto-West Germanic *gangan, from Proto-Germanic *ganganą (“to go, walk”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ- (“to step, walk”).
Cognate with Scots gang (“to go on foot, walk”), Swedish gånga (“to walk, go”), Faroese ganga (“to walk”), Icelandic ganga (“to walk, go”), Vedic Sanskrit जंहस् (jáṃhas). Ultimately: related to etym. 2, see below.


gang

the Gashouse Gang

The gang from our office is going out for drinks Friday night.

A number going in company; a number of friends or persons associated for a particular purpose.

a gang of sailors; a railroad gang; a labor gang or pool.

A group of laborers under one foreman; a squad or workgang.

a youth gang; a neighborhood gang; motorcycle gang.

A criminal group with a common cultural background and identifying features, often associated with a particular section of a city.

The Winter Hill Gang was quite proficient at murdering rival mobsters in order to take over their rackets.

A group of criminals or alleged criminals who band together for mutual protection and profit.

The Gang of Four was led by Jiang Qing, the fourth wife of Mao Zedong.

Not all members of the Gang of Six are consistent in their opposition to filibuster.

A group of politicians united in furtherance of a political goal.

a gang of saws; a gang of plows; a gang drill; gang milling.

A combination of similar tools or implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; a set.

a new gang of stays.

an outlet gang box; a double gang switch.

(electrics) A number of switches or other electrical devices wired into one unit and covered by one faceplate.

a gang of wires

Do a drop for the telephone gang, then another drop for the Internet gang, both through the ceiling of the wiring closet.

(electrics) A group of wires attached as a bundle.

In unploughed Maine he sought the lumberers’ gang / Where from a hundred lakes young rivers sprang

1840, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Woodnotes I.3:

That week was also called the Gang Week, from the Saxon ganger, to go; and the Rogation days were termed the Gang Days.

1869, “Papa André”, in Once a Week, page 418/1:

Neither Marshall nor Bouterwek makes clear the connection existing between the Gang-days and the Major and Minor Litanies.

1895, Frederick Tupper Jr., Anglo-Saxon Dæg-Mæl, Modern Language Association of America, page 229:

(now chiefly dialectal) A going, journey; a course, path, track.

Þaða he to gange com.

c. 1000, Aelfric, Homilies, Vol. I, page 290

(obsolete) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.

(African-American Vernacular, used in the vocative) A term of address for a group, particularly when cautioning them or offering advice.

→ Cebuano: gang

→ Danish: gæng

→ Dutch: gang

→ Hindi: गैंग (gaiṅg)

→ Japanese: ギャング (gyangu)

→ Malay: geng

→ Norman: dgaîngue

→ Norwegian:

Norwegian Bokmål: gjeng

Norwegian Nynorsk: gjeng

→ Portuguese: gangue

→ Spanish: gang

→ Swedish: gäng

→ Finnish: jengi

→ Tagalog: gang

→ Thai: แก๊ง (gɛ́ng)

bandë

group of criminals who band together for mutual protection

grupo

(electrics) a number of switches or other electrical devices wired into one unit and covered by one faceplate

From Middle English gang, from Old English gang (“a journey; way; passage”), from Proto-West Germanic *gang, from Proto-Germanic *gangaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰongʰ-o-s, from *ǵʰengʰ- (“to step; stride”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Gong, Dutch gang, German Gang, Norwegian gang, Swedish gång, Icelandic gangur, Vedic Sanskrit जंहस् (jáṃhas).


gang

Volume controls may be ganged to mode switches to provide maximum output […]

1981, Human Engineering Design Criteria for Military Systems, United States. Department of Defense, page 58:

When cutting the back cleats with the T-guide, first gang them together so all the marks on one side align.

1999 May, Rosario Capotosto, “Building a Bookcase”, in Popular Mechanics:

The chairs are usually ganged together using a variety of ganging or locking mechanisms to create rows and prevent the chairs from moving out of position.

2011, Corky Binggeli, Interior Graphic Standards: Student Edition, →ISBN, page 317:

(transitive) To attach similar items together to form a larger unit.


gang

Pronunciation spelling
pronunciation spelling


gang

He still liked the idea of them all ganging her [...]

1970, Richard Allen, Skinhead, New Eng. Lib., →ISBN, page 104; republished as Skinhead, Dean Street Press, 2015, →ISBN:

[…] I’ve learned over the years that there's a thin line to tread to avoid fights or getting “ganged” when rejecting the sexual overtures of incarcerated women.

Alarid, Leanne Fiftal (2000) “Sexual Assault and Coercion Among Incarcerated Women Prisoners: Excerpts From Prison Letters”, in The Prison Journal, volume 80, number 4, →DOI


gang

en-noun

gang (countable and uncountable, plural gangs)


gang

obsolete form of geh, singular imperative of gehen


gang

(informal) outside walkway, hanging corridor (along the main walls of the courtyard of a tenement building, a major venue of socializing with neighbours)

gangok (plural)
gang (nominative singular)
gangok (nominative plural)
gangot (accusative singular)
gangokat (accusative plural)
gangnak (dative singular)
gangoknak (dative plural)
ganggal (instrumental singular)
gangokkal (instrumental plural)
gangért (causal-final singular)
gangokért (causal-final plural)
ganggá (singular translative)
gangokká (plural translative)
gangig (singular terminative)
gangokig (plural terminative)
gangként (essive-formal singular)
gangokként (essive-formal plural)
gangban (inessive singular)
gangokban (inessive plural)
gangon (singular superessive)
gangokon (plural superessive)
gangnál (adessive singular)
gangoknál (adessive plural)
gangba (illative singular)
gangokba (illative plural)
gangra (singular sublative)
gangokra (plural sublative)
ganghoz (allative singular)
gangokhoz (allative plural)
gangból (elative singular)
gangokból (elative plural)
gangról (delative singular)
gangokról (delative plural)
gangtól (ablative singular)
gangoktól (ablative plural)
gangé (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
gangoké (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
gangéi (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
gangokéi (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
gangom (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
gangjaim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
gangod (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
gangjaid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
gangja (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
gangjai (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
gangunk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
gangjaink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
gangotok (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
gangjaitok (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
gangjuk (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
gangjaik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)


gang

gang buntu

alleyway, alley, narrow street. A narrow pathway bound by walls on both sides

→ Min Nan: 澗 /涧 (kàn, “narrow street”)

From Dutch gang (“passageway, alley”), from Middle Dutch ganc, from Old Dutch gank, gang, from Proto-Germanic *gangaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰongʰ-o-s, from *ǵʰengʰ- (“to step; stride”). Doublet of geng.


gang

(dated) a group of laborers under one foreman

it-noun

gang f (usually invariable, plural (dated) gangs)


gang

Sett fra deg skoene i gangen.

I enden av den lange gangen er klasserommet.

The classroom is at the end of the long corridor.

Gangen hans er litt merkelig.

working, running, action, movement, motion, operation

Vi vant fem ganger på rad!

Historiens gang var litt komplisert.

The plot of the story was somewhat complicated.

gangen (definite singular)
ganger (indefinite plural)
gangene (definite plural)

From Old Norse gangr, also related to gå.


gang

Sett frå deg skorne i gangen.

Gangen hans er litt merkeleg.

Gangen i soga var litt komplisert.

gangen (definite singular)
gangar (indefinite plural)
gangane (definite plural)


gang

gang (nominative singular)
gangas (nominative plural)
gang (accusative singular)
gangas (accusative plural)
ganges (genitive singular)
ganga (genitive plural)
gange (dative singular)
gangum (dative plural)

sulhgang

the land which can be gone over by one plough in a day

desctree

Middle English: gong, gang, gonge, goonge
English: gang (see there for further descendants); gong, goung (obsolete)
Scots: gang, gaung, ging
Northeastern: dyang, gyang

From Proto-West Germanic *gang, from Proto-Germanic *gangaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ- (“to step; stride”). Related to Old English gangan (“to go, walk”).

ġiong

with initial /j/ after palatalised past forms of gangan


gang

ganga (plural)
gang (nominative singular)
ganga (nominative plural)
gang (accusative singular)
ganga (accusative plural)
ganges (genitive singular)
gango (genitive plural)
gange (dative singular)
gangum (dative plural)
gangu (instrumental singular)

Middle High German: ganc

Bavarian: Gång

German: Gang

Polish: ganek

Yiddish: גאַניק (ganik) (probably borrowed from Polish)

Luxembourgish: Gang, Gank

→ Middle French: gangue

French: gangue

→ English: gangue


gang

gang (criminal group with a common background)

gang (nominative singular)
gangi (nominative plural)
gangu (genitive singular)
gangów (genitive plural)
gangowi (dative singular)
gangom (dative plural)
gang (accusative singular)
gangi (accusative plural)
gangiem (instrumental singular)
gangami (instrumental plural)
gangu (locative singular)
gangach (locative plural)
gangu (singular vocative)
gangi (plural vocative)

Borrowed from English gang, from Middle English gang, from Old English gang, from Proto-West Germanic *gang, from Proto-Germanic *gangaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰongʰ-o-s, from *ǵʰengʰ-. Doublet of ganek.


gang

pt-noun

gang (Portugal) m or (Brazil) f (plural gangs)


gang

gang (nominative singular)
gangō (nominative plural)
gangōs (nominative plural)
gang (accusative singular)
gangā (accusative plural)
gangas (genitive singular)
gangō (genitive plural)
gangē (dative singular)
gangum (dative plural)
gangu (instrumental singular)
gangum (instrumental plural)

desctree

Old English: gang, gancg, gong, ġeong, ġiong — with initial /j/ after palatalised past forms of gangan
Middle English: gong, gang, gonge, goonge
English: gang (see there for further descendants); gong, goung (obsolete)
Scots: gang, gaung, ging
Northeastern: dyang, gyang

Old Frisian: gang, gong, gung

North Frisian: gong

Saterland Frisian: Goang

West Frisian: gong

Old Saxon: gang

Middle Low German: ganc, gank

German Low German: Gang

Old Dutch: gang (only attested in placenames)

Middle Dutch: ganc

Dutch: gang

Old High German: gang
Middle High German: ganc
Bavarian: Gång
German: Gang
Polish: ganek
Yiddish: גאַניק (ganik) (probably borrowed from Polish)
Luxembourgish: Gang, Gank
→ Middle French: gangue
French: gangue
→ English: gangue


gang

ganguri (plural)
gang (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
gangul (accusative definite nominative singular)
ganguri (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
gangurile (accusative definite nominative plural)
gang (indefinite singular)
gangului (definite singular)
ganguri (indefinite singular)
gangurilor (definite plural)
gangule (singular vocative)
gangurilor (vocative)


gang

And I will love thee still, my dear
Till a’ the seas gang dry.

"There you gang," she cries, "troking wi' thae wearifu' Pharisees o' Caulds, whae daurna darken your mither's door. A bonnie dutiful child, quotha! Wumman, hae ye nae pride?—no even the mense o' a tinkler-lass?"

1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:

head

gang (third-person singular simple present gangs, present participle gaun, simple past gaed, past participle gaen)

gangs (present singular third-person)
gaun (participle present)
gaed (past)
gaen (participle past)

From Middle English gangen, from Old English gangan, Old Norse ganga, with inflected forms from Old English gān (like English go).


gang

From Proto-Vietic *t-kaːŋ, from Old Chinese 鋼 (OC *C.kˤaŋ) (B-S) (SV: cương).