gång

See also: gang, gaang, Gang, and Gaang

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish ganger, from Old Norse gangr, from Proto-Germanic *gangaz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡɔŋ/
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Noun

gång c

  1. walking
    Efter en timmes gång kom de fram
    After an hour of walking, they arrived
    Om tusen gående personer går förbi så kommer man se mycket gång (gående is more idiomatic)
    If a thousand walking people walk by, you will see a lot of walking
  2. (uncountable) manner of walk, gait
  3. a path, a walkway (in a park or garden)
    Hypernym: stråk (“walking path”)
    Coordinate term: gångbana (“pedestrian path; pavement”)
    grusgång
    gravel path
  4. an aisle (corridor in a supermarket with shelves on both sides containing goods for sale)
  5. a passage, a corridor (tunnel-like passage or narrow corridor)
    underjordiska gångar
    underground passages
    en hemlig gång
    a secret passage
  6. (sports, uncountable) race walking
  7. (uncountable) the continuous running of something, such as a machinery or time.
  8. time (the number of times something happens)
    Han gjorde det inte en gång, utan tre gånger
    He did it not once, but three times (thrice)
    En gång i tiden […]
    Once upon a time […]
    (literally, “One time in the time […] ”)
    En gång är ingen gång, två gånger en vana
    One time is no time, two times a habit

Declension
Declension of gång 1-7
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative gång gången gångar gångarna
Genitive gångs gångens gångars gångarnas
Declension of gång 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative gång gången gånger gångerna
Genitive gångs gångens gångers gångernas

Derived terms

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