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rank.

slender, svelte

4 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

adj/rɑŋk/
  1. slender, svelte

    archaic
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch ranc, from Old Dutch *ranc, from Proto-West Germanic *rank, from Proto-Germanic *rankaz.

noun/rɑŋk/
  1. tendril, a thin winding stem

    feminine
  2. name of various vines

    feminine
  3. an object or ornamental pattern resembling a stem

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch ranc, ranke, from Old Dutch *ranca, from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], probably ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *hrinkwaną (“to curl, bend”). Cognate with Old High German hranca (German Ranke).

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