gang

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

To go; walk; proceed.

Noun

1. A number going in company; a number of friends or persons associated for a particular purpose.
2. A group of laborers under one foreman; a squad or workgang.
3. A criminal group with a common cultural background and identifying features, often associated with a particular section of a city.
4. A group of criminals or alleged criminals who band together for mutual protection and profit.
5. A group of politicians united in furtherance of a political goal.
6. (US) A chain gang.
7. A combination of similar tools or implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; a set.
8. A set; all required for an outfit.
9. A number of switches or other electrical devices wired into one unit and covered by one faceplate.
10. A group of wires attached as a bundle.
11. (dialectal) A going, journey; a course, path, track.
12. (obsolete) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
13. A term of address for a group, particularly when cautioning them or offering advice.
14. (Internet, broadly) A term of address for a group, particularly when cautioning them or offering advice.

Noun

Alternative form of gangue.

Concepten

bende

schare

troep

ploeg

stel

👫

rot

vendel

compagnie

maatschappij

massa

menigte

cohorte

cohort

vennootschap

zich groeperen

dievenbende

bandje

drom

crwth

gang

gepeupel

gezelschap

Synoniemen

band

group

party

🥳

crew

crowd

company

pack

mob

clique

set

team

ring

💍

faction

bunch

flock

cluster

squad

troupe

followers

friends

work party

partisans

assembly

body

collection

bevy

gangsters

friend

swarm

army

political party

gang up

coterie

herd

conspirators

association

horde

partner

companions

coil

bloc

associate

club

clans

clan

bank

🏦

adherents

fraternity

circle

⭕

flow

Vertalingen

pandilla

Bande

banda

gang

bande

banda

combriccola

Rotte

Gruppe

groupe

gangue

squadra

gang

συμμορία

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ɡæŋ/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: gangen

Overgenomen van Oudengels: gangan

Verwant aan Schots: gang

Verwant aan Zweeds: gånga

Verwant aan Faeröers: ganga

Verwant aan IJslands: ganga

Overgenomen van Middelengels: gang

Overgenomen van Oudengels: gang

Verwant aan Saterfries: Gong

Verwant aan Nederlands: gang

Verwant aan Duits: Gang

Verwant aan Noors: gang

Verwant aan Zweeds: gång

Verwant aan IJslands: gangur

In summary

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 Etymology 2, which see below.