gång
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Swedish ganger, from Old Norse gangr, from Proto-Germanic *gangaz.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gång c
- walking
- Efter en timmes gång kom de fram
- After an hour of walking, they arrived
- Om tusen gående personer går förbi så kommer man se mycket gång (gående is more idiomatic)
- If a thousand walking people walk by, you will see a lot of walking
- (uncountable) manner of walk, gait
- a path, a walkway (in a park or garden)
- an aisle (corridor in a supermarket with shelves on both sides containing goods for sale)
- a passage, a corridor (tunnel-like passage or narrow corridor)
- underjordiska gångar
- underground passages
- en hemlig gång
- a secret passage
- (sports, uncountable) race walking
- (uncountable) the continuous running of something, such as a machinery or time.
- time (the number of times something happens)
- Han gjorde det inte en gång, utan tre gånger
- He did it not once, but three times (thrice)
- En gång i tiden […]
- Once upon a time […]
- (literally, “One time in the time […] ”)
- En gång är ingen gång, två gånger en vana
- One time is no time, two times a habit
Declension
[edit]nominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | gång | gångs |
definite | gången | gångens | |
plural | indefinite | gångar | gångars |
definite | gångarna | gångarnas |
Declension of gång
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