gång

From Old Swedish ganger, from Old Norse gangr, from Proto-Germanic *gangaz.

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gång c

1. walk, path, trail; a maintained, usually quite narrow path on which to walk, which in general does not follow next to a road. (Compare trottoar).
2. (uncountable) manner of walk, gait
3. (sports, uncountable) race walking
4. (uncountable) the continuous running of something, such as a machinery or time.
5. times; the number of times something happens

   Han gjorde det inte en gång, utan tre gånger

   He didn't do it once, but three times (thrice).