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English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

lang (plural langs)

  1. Abbreviation of language
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

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Achang

Etymology

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *laŋ¹.

Pronunciation

  • (Myanmar) /laŋ˧/
  • (Longchuan) [l̥aŋ⁵⁵]
  • (Luxi) [laŋ⁵¹]

Verb

lang

  1. to pull
    Antonym: duon

Further reading

  • Inglis, Douglas; Sampu, Nasaw; Jaseng, Wilai; Jana, Thocha (2005), A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon‎, Payap University, page 65

Albanian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlanɡ/
  • Rhymes: -anɡ

Noun

lang f (plural langu, definite langje, definite plural langjet) (regional)

  1. liquid
  2. juice

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

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

Adjective

lang (comparative lenger, superlative lengscht)

  1. long
  2. tall, high

Declension

More information Declension of, masculine ...
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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

Adjective

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

  1. long (having great distance)

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Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

lang (comparative langer, superlative langst)

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

Declension

More information Declension of, uninflected ...

Derived 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
    Lang niet iedereen houdt van vlees.
    Not everyone by far likes meat.
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East Central German

Adverb

lang

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) already
    Synonym: schu
    Ich saat ja lang, doß die Predigerschul in Berlin is und "Paulinium" haaßt.
    I already said, that the Preacher school is in Berlin and is called "Paulinium."

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(k)/, [laŋ], (northern also) [laŋk]
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  • 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
    Er hat lange Jahre damit verbracht, diese Frage zu erörtern.
    He spent many years reasoning about this question.

Declension

Positive forms of lang
More information number & gender, singular ...
Comparative forms of lang
More information number & gender, singular ...
Superlative forms of lang
More information number & gender, singular ...

Antonyms

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

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 [with accusative]

  1. for (temporal)
    Er ist ein Jahr lang um die Welt gereist.
    He travelled around the world for one year.
    Ich habe mein ganzes Leben lang die Relativitätstheorie studiert.
    I studied relativistic physics my entire life.
    • 2010, Der Spiegel‎, number 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!
    Wo lang? Hier lang!
    Which way? This way!

Inflection

Pronominal adverbs of lang
More information Preposition, + wo- ...

Verb

lang

  1. singular imperative of langen

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Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French langue (“language”).

Pronunciation

Noun

lang

  1. A language.
  2. A tongue.

Synonyms

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of lang – see 櫳 (“sparse”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 櫳).

Hunsrik

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaŋ/
  • Rhymes: -aŋ
  • Syllabification: lang

Adjective

lang (comparative lenger, superlative lengest)

  1. long
    Sie hod en lange Naas.
    She has a long nose.
    Das is drei Meter lang.
    This is three meters long.

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

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Icelandic

Noun

lang m

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

Indonesian

Pronunciation

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. (chiefly dialectal) tiered table

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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

Positive forms of lang
More information gender, singular ...
Comparative forms of lang
More information gender, singular ...
Superlative forms of lang
More information gender, singular ...
Note: This declension is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

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

Noun

lang (Jawi spelling لڠ, plural lang-lang)

  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

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

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'

Middle English

Adjective

lang (lange)

  1. (Early Middle English or Northern) alternative form of long

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse langr. Akin to English long.

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. hundred

Old English

Alternative forms

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

Adjective

lang (comparative lengra, superlative lenġest)

  1. long
    • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy
      Iċ onġiete þæt iċ þē hæbbe āþrotenne mid þȳ langan spelle.
      I can see I've bored you with that long tangent.
    • preface to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, manuscript E
      Bretene īeġland is eahta hund mīla lang and twā hund brād.
      The island of Britain is eight hundred miles long and two hundred miles wide.
    • late 9th century, Old English Martyrology
      Þonne blōtmōnaþ ġeendaþ, þonne biþ sēo niht sixtīene tīda lang and sē dæġ eahta tīda.
      At the end of November, the nights are sixteen hours long and the days are eight hours.
    • Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Manuscript A, year 893
      Sē wudu is ēastlang and westlang hundtwelftiġes mīla lang oþþe lengra and þrītiġes mīla brād.
      The forest is 120 miles long or longer from east to west, and 30 miles wide.
    • late 9th century, Old English Martyrology
      On þā swīðran healfe þām ingange is stǣnen bedd seofon fōta lang and þrim mundum hīere þonne þæs hūses flōr.
      To the right of the entrance, there is a stone bed that is seven feet long and three hands higher than the floor of the house.
    • late 9th century, anonymous translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
      Ne wēne iċ, nū iċ lang spell hæbbe tō seċġenne, þæt iċ hīe on þisse bēċ ġeendian mæġe, ac iċ ōðre onġinnan sċeal.
      Since I have some long stories to tell, I don't think I can finish them in this book, so I'll have to start another one.
    • c. 996, Ælfric's Lives of Saints
      Hē ǣt þā and dranc and eft wearþ on slǣpe, ac sē enġel hine āwreahte ōðre sīðe and cwæþ, "Ārīs hraðe and et. Þū hæfst swīðe langne weġ."
      Then he ate and drank and went back to sleep, but the angel woke him up a second time and said, "Come on, get up and eat. You have a very long journey ahead of you."
    • Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Manuscript A, year 897
      Þā hēt Ælfrēd cyning timbran langsċipu onġēan þā æscas. Þā wǣron fulnēah twā swā lang swā þā ōðru. Sumu hæfdon sixtiġ āra, sumu mā. Þā wǣron ǣġðer ġe swiftran ġe unwealtran ġe ēac hīeran þonne þā ōðru; nǣron nāwðer ne on Frīsisċ ġesċeapen ne on Denisċ, ac swā him selfum þūhte þæt hīe nytwierðest bēon meahten.
      Then King Alfred had longships built to oppose the askar [small, light Viking ships used for raids]. They were almost twice as long as the others. Some had 60 oars, some more. They were both swifter and steadier as well as higher than the others, and they were not based on Frisian design or Danish, but on what he himself thought would be the most useful.
    • c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English
      Ān nama is þissum ġelīċe on ġeendunge and nā on andġiete: hic senior ("þēs ealda mann oþþe ealdor"). Þā ōðre sind ealle mǣst werlīċes cynnes (hic doctor "þēs lārēow," hic salīnātor "þēs sealtere"), and ealle unlīchamlīċe (hic furor "þēos hātheortnes," horror "ōga," labor "ġeswinc," sūdor "swāt," pallor "blācung," pudor "sċamu," decor "wlite," calor "hǣtu," fervor "wielm," rubor "rēadnes oþþe sċamu," algor "ċiele"), and ealle þās and ōðre þyslīċe habbaþ langne ō on ġebīeġedum fiellum.
      One noun is like these in ending but not in meaning: hic senior ("this old person or elder"). The others are almost all masculine (hic doctor "this teacher," hic salinator "this salter"), including all the abstract nouns (hic furor "this fury," horror "horror," labor "labor," sudor "sweat," pallor "paleless," pudor "shame," decor "beauty," calor "heat," fervor "boiling heat," rubor "redness or shame," algor "coldness"), and all of these and others like them have a long o in inflected cases.
  2. tall
    • c. 1000, unknown author, Vercelli Homily IX
      Ġif hwelċ mann biþ on helle āne niht, þonne biþ him lēofre þæt hē hangiġe seofon þūsende wintra on þām lenġestan treowe ufeweardum.
      Anyone who spends one day in hell would rather hang for seven thousand years from the top of the tallest tree.
    • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy
      Þæt is nū þæs līchaman gōd þæt man sīe fæġer, and strang, and lang, and brād, and manegu ōðru gōd ēac þām.
      The virtues of the body are that a person is beautiful, strong, tall, and broad, and many other virtues besides these.
    • c. 996, Ælfric's Lives of Saints
      Þā ġeseah hē onġemang ōðrum twēġen ġeonge cneohtas, þæt hīe wǣron wlitiġe on hīewe and lange on wæstmum.
      Then he (Trajan) spotted two boys in the crowd and noticed they were beautiful in appearance and tall in stature.

Declension

Declension of lang — Strong
More information Singular, Masculine ...
Declension of lang — Weak
More information Singular, Masculine ...

Antonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Old High German

Etymology

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

Adjective

lang

  1. long

Descendants

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *lang.

Adjective

lang

  1. long

Declension

More information Strong declension, singular ...

Descendants

References

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

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Contraction of laang or lamang.

Pronunciation

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

More information Inflection of (inflection type 5/sana), nominative sing. ...

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Adjective

lang • (郎)

  1. roan, piebald
    con bò lang ― roan cow
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

lang • (𫉱, 良, 榔)

  1. (only in compounds) sweet potato
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Sino-Vietnamese word from 郎.

Noun

lang

  1. (only in compounds) man; male
Derived terms

Woiwurrung

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