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vrang

Pronunciation: /vranɡ/

“vrang” is a Danish word. Its 4 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. crooked
  2. wrong
  3. purlwise

noun

  1. the wrong side of fabric

Etymology

From Old Danish wrang (“wrong”), from Old Norse rangr (“awry”), from earlier *wrangr, from Proto-Germanic *wrangaz (“crooked, twisted, turned awry”), from Proto-Indo-European *werk'- (“to twist, weave, tie together”), *werg'-, *wrengh-, from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to turn, bend”). Cognate with Dutch wrang (“bitter, sour”). More at wrong.

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