wrang

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɹæŋ/
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Rhymes: -æŋ
Homophone: rang

Verb

wrang

(dialectal) simple past tense of wring
- 1946, Elizabeth Metzger Howard, Before the Sun Goes Down, p. 31:
  "Jesus Christ! Was my folks refined. My mam she wouldn't think-a lettin' us young'uns call a pee pot a pee pot. A chamber's what she called it... And by God! Us young'uns had ter call the pee pot a chamber or git our God damn necks wrang."

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch wranc, from Old Dutch *wrang, from Proto-Germanic *wrangaz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vrɑŋ/
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Rhymes: -ɑŋ

Adjective

wrang (comparative wranger, superlative wrangst)

astringent (mouthfeel), tart

Inflection

Inflection of wrang
uninflected	wrang
inflected	wrange
comparative	wranger
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		wrang	wranger	het wrangst het wrangste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	wrange	wrangere	wrangste
	n. sing.	wrang	wranger	wrangste
	plural	wrange	wrangere	wrangste
definite		wrange	wrangere	wrangste
partitive		wrangs	wrangers	—

Derived terms

wrangheid

Descendants

Afrikaans: vrank

German

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -aŋ

Verb

wrang

First-person singular preterite of wringen.
Third-person singular preterite of wringen.

Old English

Alternative forms

ƿrang

Etymology

From the Old Norse adjective rangr from an earlier *wrangr

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /wrɑnɡ/, [wrɑŋɡ]

Noun

wrang n

wrong, injustice

Adjective

wrang

rough, uneven

Descendants

Middle English: wrong
- English: wrong
- Scots: wrang

Scots

Adjective

wrang (comparative mair wrang, superlative maist wrang)

Wrong.

Adverb

wrang (comparative mair wrang, superlative maist wrang)

Wrong.

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