trång

See also: trang, Trang, tráng, trăng, and trắng

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish þranger, from Old Norse þrǫngr, from Proto-Germanic *þrangwaz (“pressing, narrow”), from *þrinhwaną (“to press”), from Proto-Indo-European *trenkʷ- (“to push, press”). Cognate with English throng, Icelandic þröngur, Nynorsk trong, German dringen.

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Adjective

trång (comparative trängre, superlative trängst)

  1. tight; not having enough width
  2. narrow; having small width

Declension
Inflection of trång
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular trång trängre trängst
Neuter singular trångt trängre trängst
Plural trånga trängre trängst
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 trånge trängre trängste
All trånga trängre trängsta
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
Inflection of trång
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular trång trångare trångast
Neuter singular trångt trångare trångast
Plural trånga trångare trångast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 trånge trångare trångaste
All trånga trångare trångaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.

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