different between crang vs wrang

English

Noun

crang (plural crangs)

1. Alternative form of krang

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æ?/
• Rhymes: -æ?
• Homophone: rang

Verb

wrang

1. (dialect) simple past tense of wring
   • 1946, Elizabeth Metzger Howard, Before the Sun Goes Down, p. 31:

     "Jesus Christ! Was my folks refined. My mam she wouldn't think-a lettin' us young'uns call a pee pot a pee pot. A chamber's what she called it... And by God! Us young'uns had ter call the pee pot a chamber or git our God damn necks wrang."

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch wranc, from Old Dutch *wrang, from Proto-Germanic *wrangaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vr??/
• Rhymes: -??

Adjective

wrang (comparative wranger, superlative wrangst)

1. astringent (mouthfeel), tart

Inflection

Derived terms

• wrangheid

Descendants

• Afrikaans: vrank

German

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?

Verb

wrang

1. first/third-person singular preterite of wringen

Old English

Etymology

Borrowed from an earlier form *wrangr of Old Norse rangr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wr?n?/, [wr???]

Noun

wrang n

1. wrong, injustice

Adjective

wrang

1. rough, uneven

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: wrong
  • English: wrong
  • Northumbrian: wrang
  • Scots: wrang

Scots

Adjective

wrang (comparative mair wrang, superlative maist wrang)

1. Wrong.

Adverb

wrang (comparative mair wrang, superlative maist wrang)

1. Wrong.