tång
Appearance
See also: Appendix:Variations of "tang"
Swedish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Norse tǫng, from Proto-Germanic *tangō. Compare German Zange, English tongs.
Noun
[edit]tång c
- a pair of pliers
- a pair of pincers
- Synonym: kniptång
- a pair of forceps
- (in some compounds) various hair styling tools; a tong, an iron
Declension
[edit]nominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | tång | tångs |
definite | tången | tångens | |
plural | indefinite | tänger | tängers |
definite | tängerna | tängernas |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Finnish: tongit
Etymology 2
[edit]From Old Swedish þang, from Old Norse þang. Cf. Danish tang, Norwegian Bokmål tang, Norwegian Nynorsk tang.
Noun
[edit]tång c
Declension
[edit]nominative | genitive | ||
---|---|---|---|
singular | indefinite | tång | tångs |
definite | tången | tångens | |
plural | indefinite | — | — |
definite | — | — |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- tång in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- tång in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- tång in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- tång in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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- Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse
- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish
- Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish
- Swedish uncountable nouns
- Swedish nouns with irregular plurals
- sv:Tools