# slange
## Afrikaans
### Noun

slange
* plural of slang

## Danish
### Etymology

From Middle Low German slange.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈslɑŋə]

### Noun

slange c (singular definite slangen, plural indefinite slanger)
* snake, serpent
* tube, hose

#### Derived terms

* boaslange
* kvælerslange
* slangeagtig
* slangebesværger
* slangebøsse
* slangefalk
* slangegift
* slangeham
* slangehoved
* slangehug
* slangekrølle
* slangeløs
* slangemenneske
* slangeskind
* slangetunge
* slangetæmmer

### Verb

slange (imperative slang, infinitive at slange, present tense slanger, past tense slangede, perfect tense har slanget)
* (reflexive) to snake, to slither

#### Conjugation
### Further reading

* “slange” in Den Danske Ordbog
* “slange” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
* slange on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{da}$

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

From Old Dutch slango, from Proto-Germanic *slangô.

### Noun

slange m
* snake

#### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

#### Descendants

* Dutch: slang
** Afrikaans: slang
** Berbice Creole Dutch: slanggi
** Negerhollands: slang, slaṅ
** Skepi Creole Dutch: slanka
** → Aukan: salan
** → Caribbean Javanese: selang
** → Indonesian: slang (“hose”)
** → Papiamentu: slan
* Limburgish: slang

#### Further reading

* “slanghe”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “slange”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

## Middle High German
### Etymology

From Old High German slango, from Proto-Germanic *slangô.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (before 13th CE) /ˈs̠laŋɡə/

### Noun

slange m or f
* snake

#### Descendants

* German: Schlange (see there for further descendants)
* Central Franconian: Schlang
** Hunsrik: Schlang
** Luxembourgish: Schlaang
* Rhine Franconian:
** Pennsylvania German: Schlang
* Yiddish: שלאַנג (shlang)
** → English: schlong

### References

* Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “slange”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
* "slange" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology 1

From Danish slange, from Old Norse slangi. Also from Middle Low German slange.

#### Noun

slange m (definite singular slangen, indefinite plural slanger, definite plural slangene)
* a snake
* a hose, a tube

##### Synonyms

* orm (snake)

##### Derived terms

* giftslange
* hageslange
* luftslange

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

slange (imperative slang, present tense slanger, simple past and past participle slanga or slanget, present participle slangende)
* (reflexive) to move like a snake

### References

* “slange” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Old Norse slangi, and Middle Low German slange. The verb is derived from the noun.

### Noun

slange m (definite singular slangen, indefinite plural slangar, definite plural slangane)
* a snake
    Synonym: orm
* a hose, a tube

#### Derived terms

* giftslange
* hageslange
* luftslange

### Verb

slange (present tense slangar, past tense slanga, past participle slanga, passive infinitive slangast, present participle slangande, imperative slange/slang)
* (reflexive) to move like a snake

#### Alternative forms

* slanga (a-infinitive)

### References

* “slange” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* glanse, lengas, neglas, sangle, slenga

## West Frisian
### Noun

slange c (plural slangen, diminutive slankje)
* Alternative form of slang