dräng
Swedish
/drɛŋː/
noun
Definitions
- A hired agricultural worker; farmhand.
- A person hired to do menial or questionable tasks; goon, lackey, stooge.
- (archaic) Male person who has not yet reached manhood; boy.
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish drænger (servant, boy, young man) inherited from Old Norse drengr (young warrior, pole, log, boy) inherited from Proto-Germanic *drangijaz (man, servant, staff, stake).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*drangijaz
Gloss
man, servant, staff, stake
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
男, 夫, 士
Emoji
⛹️♂️ 🏃♂️ 🏄♂️ 🏊♂️ 🏋️♂️ 🏌️♂️ 👞 👨⚕️ 👨⚖️ 👨✈️ 👨❤️👨 👨❤️💋👨 👨🌾 👨🍳 👨🍼 👨🎓 👨🎤 👨🎨 👨🏫 👨🏭 👨👦 👨👦👦 👨👧 👨👧👦 👨👧👧 👨👨👦 👨👨👦👦 👨👨👧 👨👨👧👦 👨👨👧👧 👨👩👦 👨👩👦👦 👨👩👧 👨👩👧👦 👨👩👧👧 👨💻 👨💼 👨🔧 👨🔬 👨🚀 👨🚒 👨🦯 👨🦰 👨🦱 👨🦲 👨🦳 👨🦼 👨🦽 👩❤️👨 👩❤️💋👨 👪️ 👫 👬 👮♂️ 👰♂️ 👱♂️ 👳 👳♂️ 👴 👷♂️ 💁♂️ 💂♂️ 💆♂️ 💇♂️ 💏 💑 🕵️♂️ 🕺 🙅♂️ 🙆♂️ 🙇♂️ 🙋♂️ 🙍♂️ 🙎♂️ 🚣♂️ 🚴♂️ 🚵♂️ 🚶♂️ 🤦♂️ 🤵♂️ 🤷♂️ 🤸♂️ 🤹♂️ 🤽♂️ 🤾♂️ 🦸♂️ 🦹♂️ 🧍♂️ 🧎♂️ 🧏♂️ 🧔 👬 👯♂️ 🤼♂️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- isäntärenki Finnish
- kenkärenki Finnish
- palkkarenki Finnish
- renginkaappi Finnish
- renki Finnish
- ryssänrenki Finnish
- saapasrenki Finnish
- *drangijaz Proto-Germanic
- trädgård Swedish
- trädgårdsdräng Swedish
- dreng Norwegian Nynorsk
- dreng Old English
- drengr Old Norse
- dreng Danish
- drengekæreste Danish
- drengelus Danish
- drengerøv Danish
- flaskedreng Danish
- stådreng Danish
- trækkerdreng Danish
- tøsedreng Danish
- drengur Icelandic
- drongur Faroese
- reaŋga Northern Sami
- drænger Old Swedish
- dreng Norwegian
- Dreeng North Frisian
- dring North Frisian
- dräng North Frisian
- renki Karelian