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Drang

Drang

See also: drang and dräng

German

Noun

Drang m (genitive Drangs or Dranges, plural Dränge)

  1. pressure; stress
  2. (figuratively) urge; impulse; longing
    • 1930, Paul Joachimsen, Der Humanismus und die Entwicklung des deutschen Geistes, in: Deutsche Vierteljahrsschrift für Literaturwissenschaft und Geistesgeschichte, 8, page 419:
      Humanismus soll eine geistige Bewegung sein, die in einem Drang nach Wiederbelebung des klassischen Altertums wurzelt.
      Humanism shall be a spiritual movement that is rooted in an urge for the revival of the classical antiquity.

Usage notes

The plural form (Dränge) is rarely used.

Declension

Derived terms

drang

drang

See also: Drang and dräng

Albanian

Noun

drang m (indefinite plural drangje, definite singular drangu, definite plural drangjet)

  1. barge-pole, punting-pole
  2. young creature, cub

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɑŋ

Etymology

From Old Dutch *thrang, from Proto-Germanic *þrangwaz. Related to dringen (from Proto-Germanic *þrinhwaną). Cognate with English throng, German Drang, Norwegian trang.

Noun

drang m (plural drangen, diminutive drangetje n)

  1. pressure
  2. urge, longing

German

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aŋ

Verb

drang

  1. First-person singular preterite of dringen.
  2. Third-person singular preterite of dringen.