German

Noun

Sang m ‎(genitive Sangs or Sanges, plural Sänge)

1. (archaic) song, chant

Declension

Derived terms

Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German sank, from Old Saxon sang, from Proto-Germanic *sangwaz. Cognate with Old High German sanc (German Gesang ‎(“singing”)), Old Norse sǫngr. Modern cognates include English song and Swedish sång. Related to singen ‎(“to sing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zaŋk/
• IPA^(key): /saŋk/

Noun

Sang m ‎(plural Säng)

1. the act of singing
2. a chant, a song

English

Verb

sang

1. simple past tense of sing

Anagrams

• AGNs gans, nags, snag

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Provençal, from Vulgar Latin sanguem, alteration of Latin sanguinem, accusative of sanguis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sh₂-én-, oblique stem of *h₁ésh₂r̥ ‎(“blood”). The word, originally masculine, became feminine in Catalan. Compare French sang, Italian sangue, Occitan sang, Romanian sânge, Spanish sangre.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aŋk

Noun

sang f ‎(plural sangs)

1. blood

Related terms

• sagnar

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse sǫngr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɑŋˀ]

Noun

sang c (singular definite sangen, plural indefinite sange)

1. song
2. singing

Inflection

Verb

sang

1. past tense of synge

French

Etymology

From Old French sanc, from Vulgar Latin sanguem, alteration of Latin sanguinem, accusative of sanguis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sh₂-én-, oblique stem of *h₁ésh₂r̥ ‎(“blood”). Compare Catalan sang, Italian sangue, Romanian sânge, Spanish sangre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɑ̃/
• Homophones: cent, cents, sangs, sans, sens, sent

Noun

sang m ‎(plural sangs)

1. blood

Related terms

Friulian

Alternative forms

• sanc (standard orthography)

Noun

sang m

1. Alternative form of sanc

German

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aŋ

Verb

sang

1. past tense of singen

Malay

Article

sang

1. the (used in proper names)

   Hikayat Sang Kancil

   Tales of the Mousedeer

Synonyms

• si

Mandarin

Romanization

sang

1. Nonstandard spelling of sāng.
2. Nonstandard spelling of sǎng.
3. Nonstandard spelling of sàng.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French sanc, from Vulgar Latin sanguem, alteration of Latin sanguinem, accusative of sanguis.

Noun

sang m (plural sangs)

1. blood

Descendants

• French: sang

Norman

Etymology

From Old French sanc, from Vulgar Latin sanguem, alteration of Latin sanguinem, accusative of sanguis.

Pronunciation

Noun

sang m ‎(uncountable)

1. (Jersey) blood

Derived terms

• doque à sang, fielles à sang, hèrbe à sang, sang d'dragon ‎(“wood dock”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• song (Nynorsk)

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sǫngr

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saŋ/, [sɑŋ]

Noun

sang m ‎(definite singular sangen, indefinite plural sanger, definite plural sangene)

1. a song

Derived terms

• nasjonalsang
• sangfugl

Etymology 2

Verb

sang

1. past tense of synge

References

“sang” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Provençal, from Vulgar Latin sanguem, alteration of Latin sanguinem, accusative of sanguis.

Noun

sang m, f (uncountable)

1. blood

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sangwaz. Cognate with Old High German sanc, Old Norse sǫngr.

Pronunciation

Noun

sang m

1. song

Romansch

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin sanguem, alteration of Latin sanguinem, accusative of sanguis.

Noun

sang m

1. blood

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [s̪aːŋ˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʂaːŋ˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʂaːŋ˧˥]

Adjective

sang

1. expensive, luxurious

Verb

sang

1. to go over, to come over, to cross
2. to transfer
3. to be noble