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DANISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

vrang.

crooked

5 characters1 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

adj/vranɡ/[vʁɑŋˀ]

  1. crooked

    archaic

  2. wrong

  3. purlwise

    adverbial · also
Where this word comes from

From Old Danish wrang (“wrong”), from Old Norse rangr (“awry”), from earlier *wrangr, from Proto-Germanic *wrangaz (“crooked, twisted, turned awry”), from Proto-Indo-European *werk'- (“to twist, weave, tie together”), *werg'-, *wrengh-, from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to turn, bend”). Cognate with Dutch wrang (“bitter, sour”). More at wrong.

noun/vranɡ/[vʁɑŋˀ]

  1. the wrong side of fabric

    common-gender · no-plural
Where this word comes from

From Old Danish wrang (“wrong”), from Old Norse rangr (“awry”), from earlier *wrangr, from Proto-Germanic *wrangaz (“crooked, twisted, turned awry”), from Proto-Indo-European *werk'- (“to twist, weave, tie together”), *werg'-, *wrengh-, from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to turn, bend”). Cognate with Dutch wrang (“bitter, sour”). More at wrong.

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