Swedish noun· top 500 most common

en gång

time, walk, path, occasion/ɡɔŋ/

Meaning

time; walk; path; occasion; run; working; gait

In Swedish: smal väg, stig

Forms

Forms of gång
Singular, indefiniteen gång
Singular, definitegången
Plural, indefinitegångar
Plural, definitegångarna

gång is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor gång, den stora gången. Check another noun

Practise gång

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Is it en gång or ett gång?

gång in a sentence

  • gång på gång
    again and again
  • en gång till
    one more time
  • på samma gång
    at the same time
  • för första gången
    for the first time
  • vara i gång med
    be under way
  • sätta i gång
    get going
  • Efter en timmes gång kom de fram
    After an hour of walking, they arrived
  • Om tusen gående personer går förbi så kommer man se mycket gång (gående is more idiomatic)
    If a thousand walking people walk by, you will see a lot of walking

Words built with gång

  • trädgårdsgång garden path
  • gångbana footpath, pavement, sidewalk

Questions

What does gång mean in English?

gång means “time, walk”.

Is it en gång or ett gång?

It is en gång, and “the time” is gången.

What is the plural of gång?

The plural of gång is gångar, and the definite plural is gångarna.

Similar words

passage

Origin

From Old Swedish ganger, from Old Norse gangr, from Proto-Germanic *gangaz.

Nearby common words

gång is number 197 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary