# gang
## English
### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: găng; IPA: /ɡæŋ/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -æŋ

### Etymology 1

From Middle English gangen, from Old English gangan (“to go, walk, turn out”), from Proto-West Germanic *gangan, from Proto-Germanic *ganganą (“to go, walk”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ- (“to step, walk”).
Cognate with Scots gang (“to go on foot, walk”), Swedish gånga (“to walk, go”), Faroese ganga (“to walk”), Icelandic ganga (“to walk, go”), Vedic Sanskrit जंहस् (jáṃhas). Ultimately: related to etym. 2, see below.

#### Alternative forms

* gan

#### Verb

gang (third-person singular simple present gangs, present participle ganging, simple past and past participle ganged)
* (intransitive, Northern England, Scotland) To go; walk; proceed.
** 1772, Richard Cumberland, The Fashionable Lover. A Comedy., act III:(Colin alone) Ah, Colin, thou’rt a prodigal; a thriftless loon thou’st been, that cou’d na’ keep a little pelf to thysall when thou had’st got it; now thou may’st gang in this poor geer to thy live's end, and worse too for aught I can tell; ’faith, mon, ’twas a smeart little bysack of money thou hadst scrap’d together, an the best part of it had na’ being last amongst thy kinsfolk, in the Isles of Skey and Mull; muckle gude may it do the weams of them that ha’ it! There was Jamie MacGregor and Sawney MacNab, and the twa braw lads of Kinruddin, with old Charley MacDougall, my mother's first husband's second cousin: by my sol I cou’d na’ see such near relations, and gentlemen of sich auncient families gang upon bare feet, while I rode a horseback: I had been na’ true Scot, an I cou’d na’ ge’en a countryman a gude last upon occasion (as he is going out, Miss Aubrey enters.)
** 1828, James Hogg, Mary Burnet:"And am I to meet my Mary at Moffat? Come away, little, dear, welcome body, thou blessed of heaven, come away, and taste of an auld shepherd's best cheer, and I'll gang foot for foot with you to Moffat, and my auld wife shall gang foot for foot with us too. I tell you, little, blessed, and welcome crile, come along with me."

##### Derived terms

* back-ganging
* gang alow
* gang-by
* ganger
* gang gizzen
* gang gleyed
* gangling
* gang one's gait
* gangplank
* gangrel
* gangway

### Etymology 2

From Middle English gang, from Old English gang (“a journey; way; passage”), from Proto-West Germanic *gang, from Proto-Germanic *gangaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰongʰ-o-s, from *ǵʰengʰ- (“to step; stride”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Gong, Dutch gang, German Gang, Norwegian gang, Swedish gång, Icelandic gangur, Vedic Sanskrit जंहस् (jáṃhas).

#### Noun

gang (plural gangs)
* A number going in company; a number of friends or persons associated for a particular purpose.
    the Gashouse Gang
    The gang from our office is going out for drinks Friday night.
* A group of laborers under one foreman; a squad or workgang.
    a gang of sailors; a railroad gang; a labor gang or pool.
* A criminal group with a common cultural background and identifying features, often associated with a particular section of a city.
    a youth gang; a neighborhood gang; motorcycle gang.
* A group of criminals or alleged criminals who band together for mutual protection and profit.
    The Winter Hill Gang was quite proficient at murdering rival mobsters in order to take over their rackets.
* A group of politicians united in furtherance of a political goal.
    The Gang of Four was led by Jiang Qing, the fourth wife of Mao Zedong.
    Not all members of the Gang of Six are consistent in their opposition to filibuster.
* (US) A chain gang.
* A combination of similar tools or implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; a set.
    a gang of saws; a gang of plows; a gang drill; gang milling.
* A set; all required for an outfit.
    a new gang of stays.
* (electrics) A number of switches or other electrical devices wired into one unit and covered by one faceplate.
    an outlet gang box; a double gang switch.
* (electrics) A group of wires attached as a bundle.
    a gang of wires
    Do a drop for the telephone gang, then another drop for the Internet gang, both through the ceiling of the wiring closet.
* (now chiefly dialectal) A going, journey; a course, path, track.
** 1840, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Woodnotes I.3:In unploughed Maine he sought the lumberers’ gang / Where from a hundred lakes young rivers sprang
** 1869, “Papa André”, in Once a Week, page 418/1:That week was also called the Gang Week, from the Saxon ganger, to go; and the Rogation days were termed the Gang Days.
** 1895, Frederick Tupper Jr., Anglo-Saxon Dæg-Mæl, Modern Language Association of America, page 229:Neither Marshall nor Bouterwek makes clear the connection existing between the Gang-days and the Major and Minor Litanies.
* (obsolete) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
** c. 1000, Aelfric, Homilies, Vol. I, page 290:
    Þaða he to gange com.
* (African-American Vernacular, used in the vocative) A term of address for a group, particularly when cautioning them or offering advice.

##### Synonyms

* (outhouse): See Thesaurus:outhouse

##### Hyponyms

* Gang of Five
* Gang of Four
* street gang
* urban gang

##### Derived terms

* A-gang
* anti-gang
* antigang
* black gang
* cool and the gang
* cybergang
* downgang
* fastgang
* gang-bang
* gang bang
* gangboard
* gang box
* gang-buster
* gangbuster
* gangbusting
* gang cask
* gang-cask
* gangdom
* ganger
* gang-fuck
* gang-gang
* gangish
* gangism
* gangland
* gangleader
* ganglike
* gangline
* ganglord
* gangman
* gangmaster
* gangmate
* gang member
* gang of four
* gangpile
* gang-plank
* gang plank
* gangplank
* gangplough
* gangplow
* gang press
* gang rape
* gang-rape
* gang rapist
* gang-rider
* gangsaw
* gangshag
* gang show
* gang shower
* gang sign
* gang signal
* gangsman
* gangsome
* gangsploitation
* gangstalk
* gangstalker
* gangster
* gang switch
* Gangtide
* gang up
* gang up on
* gang war
* gangway
* ingang
* intergang
* misgang
* nongang
* ongang
* outgang
* overgang
* oxgang
* press-gang
* road gang
* Scooby gang
* street gang
* swing gang
* throughgang
* towzery gang
* umgang
* undergang
* upgang
* watergang
* water-gang
* withgang
* work gang

##### Descendants

* → Bengali: গ্যাং (gêṅ)
* → Cebuano: gang
* → Dutch: gang
* → Hindi: गैंग (gaiṅg)
* → Japanese: ギャング (gyangu)
* → Malay: geng
* → Norman: dgaîngue
* → Norwegian:
** Norwegian Bokmål: gjeng
** Norwegian Nynorsk: gjeng
* → Portuguese: gangue
* → Spanish: gang
* → Swedish: gäng
** → Danish: gæng
** → Finnish: jengi
* → Tagalog: gang
* → Thai: แก๊ง (gɛ́ng)

##### Translations

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#### Verb

gang (third-person singular simple present gangs, present participle ganging, simple past and past participle ganged)
* (transitive) To attach similar items together to form a larger unit.
** 1981, Human Engineering Design Criteria for Military Systems, United States. Department of Defense, page 58:Volume controls may be ganged to mode switches to provide maximum output […]
** 1999 May, Rosario Capotosto, “Building a Bookcase”, in Popular Mechanics:When cutting the back cleats with the T-guide, first gang them together so all the marks on one side align.
** 2011, Corky Binggeli, Interior Graphic Standards: Student Edition, →ISBN, page 317:The chairs are usually ganged together using a variety of ganging or locking mechanisms to create rows and prevent the chairs from moving out of position.

##### Derived terms

* gang up
* gang up on

#### See also

* Appendix:English collective nouns

### Etymology 3

See gan.

#### Verb

gang
* Pronunciation spelling of gan.

### Etymology 4

Shortening of gangbang.

#### Verb

gang (third-person singular simple present gangs, present participle ganging, simple past and past participle ganged)
* Synonym of gangbang
** 1970, Richard Allen, Skinhead, New Eng. Lib., →ISBN, page 104; republished as Skinhead, Dean Street Press, 2015, →ISBN:He still liked the idea of them all ganging her [...]
** 1998, Velmarine Oliphant Szabo, Velmarine's Diary (as cited in Alarid, 2000):[…] I’ve learned over the years that there's a thin line to tread to avoid fights or getting “ganged” when rejecting the sexual overtures of incarcerated women.

#### References

* The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English.
* ↑ Alarid, Leanne Fiftal (2000) “Sexual Assault and Coercion Among Incarcerated Women Prisoners: Excerpts From Prison Letters”, in The Prison Journal, volume 80, number 4, →DOI

### Etymology 5
#### Noun

gang (countable and uncountable, plural gangs)
* (mining) Alternative form of gangue

### Anagrams

* gnag

## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch gang, from Middle Dutch ganc, from Old Dutch gank, gang, from Proto-Germanic *gangaz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /χaŋ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

gang (plural gange)
* a passageway, alley

## Alemannic German
### Verb

gang
* second-person imperative singular of gaa

## Balinese
### Romanization

gang
* Romanization of ᬕᬂ

## Cebuano
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡaŋ/ [ˈɡaŋ]

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from English gang, from Middle English gang, from Old English gang (“a journey; way; passage”), from Proto-Germanic *gangaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰongʰ-o-s, from *ǵʰengʰ- (“to step; stride”).

#### Noun

gang
* gang (company of persons)
    Synonym: barkada
* criminal gang

##### Derived terms

* ganggang

### Etymology 2

From langga, pangga. Compare lang.

#### Noun

gang
* Term of address: dear; sweetie

## Danish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡ̊anɡ̊/, [ɡ̊ɑŋˀ]
* Rhymes: -ɑŋˀ
* (Vendelbomål, Nordsjællandsk) IPA: [ɡɔŋˀ]
* (Midtøstjysk) IPA: [ɡoŋˀ]
* (Vestfynsk) IPA: [ɡɑ̃ˀ]
* (Ærøsk, Lollandsk) IPA: [ɡɑ̃]
* (Østfynsk) IPA: [ɡɑ̃ɪ̃ˀ]
* (Tåsingsk) IPA: [ɡɑ̃ʊ̃]
* (Bornholmsk) IPA: [ɡɔɲ]

### Etymology 1

From Old Danish gang, from Old Norse gangr, from Proto-Germanic *gangaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ- (“stride, step”).

#### Noun

gang c (singular definite gangen, plural indefinite gange)
* the act of walking, a walk
* a time (an occurrence, an incidence)
    Hvor mange gange slog klokken?
       How many times did the bell toll?
* a way or path to walk on, either outdoors or indoors (a corridor)

##### Derived terms

* adgang
* afgang
* algang
* alle gode gange tre
* altangang
* altergang
* anden kønslig omgang end samleje
* arbejdsgang
* armgang
* arvegang
* baggang
* bagindgang
* bagudgang
* balancegang
* baneomgang
* barselsgang
* basgang
* bersærkergang
* beskæftigelsesfremgang
* beslutningsgang
* bilårgang
* blodgang
* bodsgang
* boldomgang
* bortgang
* buegang
* bølgegang
* canossagang
* den ene gang efter den anden
* den gang
* dengang
* direktionsgang
* du skal ikke komme for godt i gang
* dybgang
* dødsgang
* eksportfremgang
* en anden gang
* en anden god gang
* én gang er ingen gang
* én gang for alle
* en gang imellem
* én gang skal jo være den første
* en gang til
* en gang til for prins Knud
* enegang
* engang
* farveovergang
* flisegang
* flyafgang
* fodgængerovergang
* for første gang
* forgang
* forretningsgang
* fra gang til gang
* fremgang
* frigang
* fødegang
* fødselsårgang
* galdegang
* gallerigang
* gang i den
* gang på gang
* gang på jorden
* gangafstand
* gangareal
* gangart
* gangbar
* gangbesvær
* gangbesværet
* gangbro
* gangbræt
* gangdør
* gangklæder
* ganglinje
* gangplads
* gangspil
* gangsport
* gangstativ
* gangsti
* gangstol
* gangtid
* gangtunnel
* gangtøj
* gangvagt
* gangvorte
* genganger
* gennemgang
* give en gang lak
* grænseovergang
* græsgang
* gyng gang
* gå al kødets gang
* gå armgang
* gå bersærkergang
* gå bodsgang
* gå den tunge gang
* gå på omgang
* gå sin gang
* gå sin skæve gang
* gåsegang
* handlingsgang
* have gang i
* have sin gang
* havegang
* haveindgang
* holmgang
* hospitalsgang
* hovedindgang
* hver evig eneste dag
* højtalerudgang
* i denne omgang
* i første omgang
* i gang
* i overgang
* ikke engang
* indgang
* indtægtsnedgang
* internetadgang
* irgang
* kapgang
* kavalergang
* kirkegang
* klageadgang
* kollegiegang
* komme en postgang for sent
* kældergang
* kældernedgang
* køkkenindgang
* landgang
* lediggang
* lediggang er roden til alt ondt
* lufttilgang
* løbegang
* lønfremgang
* løngang
* lønnedgang
* løntilbagegang
* låneadgang
* mandatfremgang
* mangen en gang
* medgang
* medlemsfremgang
* medlemstilbagegang
* medlemstilgang
* mellemgang
* midtergang
* mikrofonindgang
* minegang
* modgang
* motorgang
* muldvarpegang
* naturlig afgang
* nedgang
* netadgang
* nytilgang
* nødudgang
* offergang
* omgang
* omsætningsfremgang
* operationsgang
* opgang
* oplagsfremgang
* ordreindgang
* ordretilgang
* overgang
* papirgang
* pasgang
* postgang
* produktionsfremgang
* produktionsgang
* på en gang
* på samme gang
* reallønsfremgang
* reallønsnedgang
* resultatfremgang
* rettergang
* riffelgang
* rundgang
* sagsgang
* sagsgennemgang
* salgsfremgang
* scenegang
* sejrsgang
* sidegang
* sideindgang
* sideudgang
* skedeindgang
* skolegang
* skridtgang
* skulle det være en anden gang
* sneglegang
* solnedgang
* solopgang
* spillertilgang
* stavgang
* stuegang
* svalegang
* sædafgang
* sætte i gang
* søgang
* søjlegang
* tankegang
* tekstgennemgang
* tiggergang
* til hvilken side hver anden gang
* tilbagegang
* tilgang
* togafgang
* toggang
* tomgang
* tonegang
* trappegang
* trappeopgang
* udførselsgang
* udgang
* undergang
* ungdomsårgang
* vandafgang
* vandgang
* vandtilgang
* verdens undergang
* være i gang med
* værelsesgang
* weekendudgang
* øregang
* årgang

### Etymology 2

See gange.

#### Verb

gang
* imperative of gange

### References

* “gang” in Den Danske Ordbog
* “gang” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch ganc, from Old Dutch gank, gang, from Proto-West Germanic *gang, from Proto-Germanic *gangaz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɣɑŋ/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: gang
* Rhymes: -ɑŋ

### Noun

gang m (plural gangen, diminutive gangetje n)
* passageway, alley
    De oude stad heeft vele smalle gangen die toeristen aantrekken. ― The old city has many narrow alleys that attract tourists.
    Achter het huis is een smalle gang die naar de tuin leidt. ― Behind the house is a narrow passageway leading to the garden.
    Het gangetje tussen de gebouwen is moeilijk te vinden. ― The small alley between the buildings is hard to find.
* gait, walk (person's manner of walking or stepping)
    Zijn trotse gang maakte indruk op iedereen. ― His proud gait impressed everyone.
    Ze heeft een elegante gang die opvalt. ― She has an elegant walk that stands out.
    De dokter beoordeelde zijn gang tijdens de fysieke beoordeling. ― The doctor assessed his gait during the physical evaluation.
* journey
    De gang naar het zuiden was lang en vermoeiend. ― The journey to the south was long and tiring.
    Deze gang zal ons naar onbekende gebieden leiden. ― This journey will lead us to unknown territories.
    Elke gang brengt nieuwe avonturen en uitdagingen met zich mee. ― Every journey brings new adventures and challenges.
* hallway, corridor
    De gang was verlicht met oude lantaarns. ― The hallway was lit with old lanterns.
    Aan het einde van de gang is een deur naar de tuin. ― At the end of the corridor is a door to the garden.
    Het gangetje leidt naar de slaapkamers. ― The small hallway leads to the bedrooms.
* course (meal)
    Het voorgerecht is de eerste gang van het diner. ― The appetizer is the first course of the dinner.
    Hoeveel gangen heeft dit feestelijke diner? ― How many courses does this festive dinner have?
    De chefkok bereidde een vijfgangenmaaltijd voor. ― The chef prepared a five-course meal.

#### Derived terms

* dwarsgang
* gangbaar
* gangboord
* gangdeur
* gangpad
* gangmaker
* gangwachter
* gangwerk
* gangwiel
* doorgang
* ingang
* lediggang, ledigganger
* livegang
* pandgang
* ondergang
* rechtsgang
* telgang, telganger
* toegang
* uitgang
* voetganger
* voortgang
* welgang
* zijn gang gaan
* zoolgang, zoolganger

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: gang
* Petjo: gang
* → Balinese: ᬕᬂ (gang)
* → Caribbean Javanese: gang
* → Indonesian: gang
* → Hokkien: 澗 / 涧 (kàn, “narrow street”)
* → Papiamentu: gang, han, hangetsji, hangetsje

### References

* ↑ Salmon Claudine. Malay (and Javanese) Loan-words in Chinese as a Mirror of Cultural Exchanges. In: Archipel, volume 78, 2009. pp. 181-208

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from English gang.

### Pronunciation

* (France) IPA: /ɡɑ̃ɡ/
** Audio (France, Avignon):(file)
* (Canadian French) IPA: /ɡaŋ/
** Audio (Canada):(file)

### Noun

gang m or f (plural gangs)
* gang, group of ill-doer
* (Quebec, colloquial) a group of friends

#### Derived terms

* en gang

### Further reading

* “gang”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Garo
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Noun

gang
* river

### References

* Burling, R. (2003) The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon‎, Bangladesh: University of Michigan, page 114

## German
### Verb

gang
* obsolete form of geh, singular imperative of gehen

## Hungarian
### Etymology

From German Gang.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɡɒŋɡ]
* Rhymes: -ɒŋɡ

### Noun

gang (plural gangok)
* (informal) outside walkway, hanging corridor (along the main walls of the courtyard of a tenement building, a major venue of socializing with neighbours)
    Synonym: (mainly as an architectural term) függőfolyosó

#### Derived terms

* gangos
* gangajtó
* körgang

### Further reading

* gang in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Indonesian
### Etymology 1

From Dutch gang (“passageway, alley”), from Middle Dutch ganc, from Old Dutch gank, gang, from Proto-Germanic *gangaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰongʰ-o-s, from *ǵʰengʰ- (“to step; stride”). Doublet of geng.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡaŋ/
* Hyphenation: gang

#### Noun

gang (plural gang-gang)
* alleyway, alley, narrow street. A narrow pathway bound by walls on both sides
    Synonym: lorong
    gang buntu ― dead-end alley

##### Descendants

* → Min Nan: 澗 / 涧 (kàn, “narrow street”)

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

gang (plural gang-gang)
* Alternative spelling of geng (“gang”)

#### Verb

gang
* Alternative spelling of geng

### References

* ↑ Salmon Claudine. Malay (and Javanese) Loan-words in Chinese as a Mirror of Cultural Exchanges. In: Archipel, volume 78, 2009. pp. 181-208

### Further reading

* “gang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Italian
### Alternative forms

* ganga, ghenga, ghega (dated)

### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English gang.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡɛnɡ/
* Rhymes: -ɛnɡ

### Noun

gang f (usually invariable, plural (dated) gangs)
* gang, specifically:
* (dated) a group of people
* (dated) a group of laborers under one foreman
* a criminal group

#### Related terms

* gangster

### References

* ↑ gang in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

### Further reading

* gang in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

## Maltese
### Etymology

Borrowed from English gang.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡanɡ/

### Noun

gang m (plural gangijiet)
* gang (a company of persons)

#### Derived terms

* ggangja

## Mandarin
### Romanization

gang
* Nonstandard spelling of gāng.
* Nonstandard spelling of gǎng.
* Nonstandard spelling of gàng.

#### Usage notes

* Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

## Middle English
### Noun

gang
* Alternative form of gong

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse gangr, also related to gå.

### Noun

gang m (definite singular gangen, indefinite plural ganger, definite plural gangene)
* hall, hallway
    Sett fra deg skoene i gangen.Leave your shoes in the hallway.
* passage, corridor
    I enden av den lange gangen er klasserommet.The classroom is at the end of the long corridor.
* aisle
* walk, path
* walk, walking, going
* walk, gait
    Gangen hans er litt merkelig.
       His gait is a bit weird
* working, running, action, movement, motion, operation
* course; passage
* course; march
* time
    Vi vant fem ganger på rad!We won five times in a row!
* plot, action
    Historiens gang var litt komplisert.The plot of the story was somewhat complicated.
* (mining) dike, lode
* vein
* (anatomy) duct

#### Derived terms

* den gang
* det var en gang
* dypgang
* foregangs-
* gallegang
* gang på gang
* gangart
* gangavstand
* gangfelt
* gangsti
* gangtunnel
* gangvei, gangveg
* hagegang
* igangsette
* landgang
* med en gang
* melkegang
* nedgang
* noen ganger
* oppgang
* overgang
* rettergang
* sjøgang
* skolegang
* tankegang
* tilbakegang
* undergang
* utgang
* øregang

### References

* “gang” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Old Norse gangr, also related to gå.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡɑŋː/

### Noun

gang m (definite singular gangen, indefinite plural gangar, definite plural gangane)
* hall, hallway
    Sett frå deg skorne i gangen.Leave your shoes in the hallway.
* passage, corridor
    I enden av den lange gangen er klasserommet.The classroom is at the end of the long corridor.
* aisle
* walk, path
* walk, walking, going
* walk, gait
    Gangen hans er litt merkeleg.
       His gait is a bit weird
* working, running, action, movement, motion, operation
* course; passage
* course; march
* plot, action
    Gangen i soga var litt komplisert.The plot of the story was somewhat complicated.
* (mining) dike, lode
* vein
* (anatomy) duct

#### Derived terms

* framgang
* gallegang
* gangart
* gangavstand
* gangfelt
* gangsti
* gangtunnel
* gangveg
* hagegang
* landgang
* motgang
* nedgang
* oppgang
* overgang
* sjøgang
* skolegang
* skulegang
* svalgang
* tankegang
* tilbakegang
* undergang
* utgang

### See also

* gong

### References

* “gang” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old English
### Alternative forms

* gancg, gong
* ġeong, ġiong — with initial /j/ after palatalised past forms of gangan

### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gang, from Proto-Germanic *gangaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ- (“to step; stride”). Related to Old English gangan (“to go, walk”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡɑnɡ/, [ɡɑŋɡ]

### Noun

gang m
* going, walking
* path
* walk, gait
* toilet

#### Declension

Strong a-stem:

#### Derived terms

* begang (“path, circuit”)
* bēogang (“swarm of bees”)
* ċiriċgang (“going to church”)
* earsgang (“toilet”)
* fæstgangol (“steadygoing”)
* fēþegang (“m journey on foot”)
* forþgang (“progress”)
* gangdæġ (“gangday”)
* gangġeteld (“portable tent”)
* ganghere (“infantry”)
* gangpytt, gangsetl, gangstōl, gangtūn (“toilet”)
* gangweġ (“passageway”)
* handgang (“surrender”)
* heregang (“army incursion”)
* hūslgang (“procession of the Eucharist”)
* ingang (“entrance”)
* niþergang (“descent”)
* ofergang (“crossing, transition”)
* samodgang (“communication between rooms”)
* sulhgang (“the land which can be gone over by one plough in a day”)
* sunganges (“moving with the sun”)
* tōgang (“access”)
* ūpgang (“ascent, rise”)
* ūtgang (“exit, departure”)
* wīdgangol (“wandering, roving”)
* ymbgang (“circuit, circumference”)

#### Descendants

* Middle English: gong, gang, gonge, goonge
** English: gang (see there for further descendants); gong, goung (obsolete)
** Scots: gang, gaung, ging
    Northeastern: dyang, gyang

## Old High German
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gang.

### Noun

gang m (plural ganga)
* A path, course, way, journey; a going

#### Derived terms

* ubargang
* Wolfgang

#### Descendants

* Middle High German: ganc
** Bavarian: Gång
** German: Gang
*** Polish: ganek
**** Yiddish: גאַניק (ganik) (probably borrowed from Polish)
** Luxembourgish: Gang, Gank
** → Middle French: gangue
*** French: gangue
**** → English: gangue

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English gang, from Middle English gang, from Old English gang, from Proto-West Germanic *gang, from Proto-Germanic *gangaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰongʰ-o-s, from *ǵʰengʰ-. Doublet of ganek.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡaŋk/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aŋk
* Syllabification: gang

### Noun

gang m inan
* gang (criminal group with a common background)
    Synonyms: banda, szajka

#### Related terms

* gangsterski
* gangster
* gangsterstwo
* gangsteryzm

### Further reading

* gang in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* gang in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ɡɐ̃.ɡuˈi/ [ɡɐ̃.ɡʊˈi], /ɡɐ̃ˈɡi/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɡɐ̃ˈɡi/
* Hyphenation: gang

### Noun

gang (Portugal) m or (Brazil) f (plural gangs)
* Dated spelling of gangue.

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Gang.

### Noun

gang n (plural ganguri)
* passageway

#### Declension
## Scots
### Alternative forms

* gae
* gan
* gyang
* ging

### Etymology

From Middle English gangen, from Old English gangan, Old Norse ganga, with inflected forms from Old English gān (like English go).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡɑŋ/

### Verb

gang (third-person singular simple present gangs, present participle gaun, simple past gaed, past participle gaen)
* To go.
** 1794, Robert Burns, A Red, Red, Rose:And I will love thee still, my dear Till a’ the seas gang dry.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:"There you gang," she cries, "troking wi' thae wearifu' Pharisees o' Caulds, whae daurna darken your mither's door. A bonnie dutiful child, quotha! Wumman, hae ye nae pride?—no even the mense o' a tinkler-lass?"(please add an English translation of this quotation)

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English gang.

### Noun

gang m (plural gangs)
* gang
    Synonyms: (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico) mara, pandilla

#### Related terms

* gánster

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from English gang, from Middle English gang, from Old English gang (“a journey; way; passage”), from Proto-Germanic *gangaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰongʰ-o-s, from *ǵʰengʰ- (“to step; stride”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈɡaŋ/ [ˈɡaŋ]
* Rhymes: -aŋ
* Syllabification: gang

### Noun

gang (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜅ᜔)
* gang (company of persons)
    Synonyms: barkada, barkadahan
* criminal gang

#### Related terms

* gangster
* gangsterismo

### Further reading

* “gang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* “gang”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2025

## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [ɣaːŋ˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [ɣaːŋ˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [ɣaːŋ˧˧]

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *c-kaːŋ (“handspan”).

#### Noun

gang • (𡬼, 𪮚)
* handspan

#### Derived terms

* gang tấc

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Vietic *t-kaːŋ, from Old Chinese 鋼 (OC *C.kˤaŋ) (B-S) (SV: cương).

#### Noun

gang • (𨧠, 𮢪)
* cast iron

#### Derived terms

* gang thép