prangen
See also: prången
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch prangen, from Old Dutch *prangan, from Proto-West Germanic *prangan, from Proto-Germanic *pranganą. Cognate with Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍀𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 (anapraggan).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈprɑŋə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: pran‧gen
- Rhymes: -ɑŋən
Inflection
| Inflection of prangen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | prangen | |||
| past singular | prangde | |||
| past participle | geprangd | |||
| infinitive | prangen | |||
| gerund | prangen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | prang | prangde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | prangt | prangde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | prangt | prangde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | prangt | prangde | ||
| 3rd person singular | prangt | prangde | ||
| plural | prangen | prangden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | prange | prangde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | prangen | prangden | ||
| imperative sing. | prang | |||
| imperative plur.1 | prangt | |||
| participles | prangend | geprangd | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
- pranger
German
Etymology
From Middle High German prangen, brangen, probably ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *brahtaz, whence Pracht (“splendor”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpraŋən/, [ˈpʁa.ŋən], [ˈpʁa.ŋŋ̍]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aŋn̩
- Hyphenation: pran‧gen
Verb
prangen (weak, third-person singular present prangt, past tense prangte, past participle geprangt, auxiliary haben)
- (of things) to resplend, shine, to be shown, sported
- Die Sterne prangen am Nachthimmel.
- The stars are shining at the night sky.
- Auf der Hecktür prangten verschiedene Aufkleber.
- The rear door sported several bumper stickers.
- (archaic, of a person) to show off, to flaunt
- Synonym: prahlen
- 1808, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Walpurgisnacht”, in Faust: Der Tragödie erster Teil [Faust, Part One]:
- Adams erste Frau. Nimm dich in Acht vor ihren schönen Haaren, / Vor diesem Schmuck, mit dem sie einzig prangt.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
Conjugation
Conjugation of prangen (weak, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | prangen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | prangend | ||||
| past participle | geprangt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich prange | wir prangen | i | ich prange | wir prangen |
| du prangst | ihr prangt | du prangest | ihr pranget | ||
| er prangt | sie prangen | er prange | sie prangen | ||
| preterite | ich prangte | wir prangten | ii | ich prangte1 | wir prangten1 |
| du prangtest | ihr prangtet | du prangtest1 | ihr prangtet1 | ||
| er prangte | sie prangten | er prangte1 | sie prangten1 | ||
| imperative | prang (du) prange (du) |
prangt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of prangen (weak, auxiliary haben)
References
- Friedrich Kluge (1883), “prangen”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
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