English

Verb

wrang

1. 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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vrɑŋ/
• Homophone: rang

Etymology

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

Adjective

wrang ‎(comparative wranger, superlative wrangst)

1. astringent (mouthfeel), tart

Inflection

German

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aŋ

Verb

wrang

1. First-person singular preterite of wringen.
2. Third-person singular preterite of wringen.

Old English

Noun

wrang n

1. wrong, injustice

Adjective

wrang

1. rough, uneven

Descendants

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

Scots

Adjective

wrang ‎(comparative mair wrang, superlative maist wrang)

1. Wrong.

Adverb

wrang ‎(comparative mair wrang, superlative maist wrang)

1. Wrong.