drang

From Proto-Albanian *dranga. Cognate with Old Norse drangr (“stone pillar”), Lithuanian dránga (“perch, pole”), Proto-Slavic *drǫgъ.^[1]

drang m (plural drangje, definite drangu, definite plural drangjet) (regional, dialectal)

1. barge pole, punting-pole

   Synonym: rrem

2. wooden bar used to lock a gate

   Synonyms: shul, lloz

3. pole, pikestaff

   Synonym: shkop

4. (central Gheg, Mirditë) rolling-log

• drangue

From *drenk(ë), derivative of dre (“deer”) +‎ -kë (diminutive suffix).^[2]

drang m (plural drangje, definite drangu, definite plural drangjet)

1. (Gheg) animal young, cub, kitten

   Synonym: këlysh

2. (Gheg, derogatory) spawn

   Synonym: pjellë

3. (central Gheg, Mirditë) tom-kitten

• drangole

• “drang”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[2] (in Albanian), 1980
• “drang”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “drang, drâng”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 81

From Middle Dutch dranc, from Old Dutch *thrang, from Proto-Germanic *þrangwaz. Related to dringen (from Proto-Germanic *þrinhwaną). Cognate with English throng, German Drang, Norwegian trang.

• IPA^(key): /drɑŋ/

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• Hyphenation: drang
• Rhymes: -ɑŋ

drang m (plural drangen, diminutive drangetje n)

1. pressure
2. urge, longing
3. (archaic) throng, multitude, mass

• dranghek
• huwelijksdrang

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• Rhymes: -aŋ

drang

1. first/third-person singular preterite of dringen