Drang
German
Etymology
Akin to the verb dringen (“to press”). From Proto-Germanic *þrangwaz (“pressing, narrow”), from Proto-Indo-European *trenkʷ- (“to beat; pound; hew; press”). Cognate with English throng and Dutch drang.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dʁaŋ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aŋ
Noun
Drang m (strong, genitive Dranges or Drangs, plural Dränge)
- pressure; stress
- 1776, Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, Sturm und Drang [Storm and Stress]:
- (figuratively) urge; impulse; longing
- 1930, Paul Joachimsen, “Der Humanismus und die Entwicklung des deutschen Geistes [Humanism and the development of the German spirit]”, in Deutsche Vierteljahrsschrift für Literaturwissenschaft und Geistesgeschichte [German Quarterly for literary studies and intellectual history], volume 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
- Sturm und Drang
- Gedränge (“throng”)
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