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dräng
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Luxembourgish
Verb
dräng
North Frisian
Alternative forms
- dring (Föhr-Amrum)
- Dreeng (Sylt)
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
dräng m (plural dränge)
See also
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish drænger (“young man, boy, servant”), from Old Norse drengr (“boy; log, pole”), from Proto-Germanic *drangijaz. See also Danish dreng (“boy”).
Pronunciation
Noun
dräng c
- (somewhat dated) a farmhand (hired agricultural worker)
- drängen Alfred i Emil i Lönneberga
- the farmhand Alfred in Emil i Lönneberga
- Efter skörden bjöd man drängarna på öl och nybakt kornbröd.
- After the harvest the farmhands were treated to beer and fresh baked barley bread.
- 1996, Drängarna [The Farmhands], “Kung över ängarna [King of [over] the Meadows]”, in Fint vettö [vettu] [Nice Y'know]:
- Jag är kung över ängarna. Springer utan keps och skor. Dansar och tar ut svängarna. Ropar glatt åt mina kor. Jag är kung över ängarna. Jag skriker högt så folk förstår: Här är en av drängarna. Solen lyser där jag går.
- I am king of the meadows. [I] run without a cap and shoes. [I] dance and take sweeping turns ["take out the turns" – also used figuratively for not holding back, letting loose, and the like]. [I] shout merrily at my cows. I am king of the meadows. I scream out loud so that people understand: Here's one of the farmhands. The sun shines where I walk. [Could also be put in the present continuous. Matches the intuition in Swedish with the [I]s. See the usage notes for -r.]
- a person hired to do menial or questionable tasks; a goon, a lackey, a stooge.
- (archaic) a male person who has not yet reached manhood; a boy.
Declension
Derived terms
- drängstuga
- drängtjänst
Descendants
See also
- bonde (“farmer”)
References
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