dräng

dräng

1. second-person singular imperative of drängen

Possibly from Danish dreng. Cognates include Föhr-Amrum North Frisian dring.

• IPA^(key): /drɛŋ/

dräng m (plural dränge)

1. (Mooring) boy

From Old Swedish drænger (“young man, boy, servant”), from Old Norse drengr (“boy; log, pole”), from Proto-Germanic *drangijaz. See also Danish dreng (“boy”).

• IPA^(key): /drɛŋː/
• Rhymes: -ɛŋː

dräng c

1. A hired agricultural worker; farmhand.

   Efter skörden bjöd man drängarna på öl och nybakt kornbröd.

   After the harvest the farmhands were treated to beer and fresh baked barley bread.

2. A person hired to do menial or questionable tasks; goon, lackey, stooge.

   Din far en av hemliga polisens betalda drängar.

   Your father was one of the stooges of the secret police.

3. (archaic) Male person who has not yet reached manhood; boy.

• drängstuga
• drängtjänst