UrsprungFrom Old Swedish þranger, from Old Norse þrǫngr, from Proto-Germanic *þrangwaz (“pressing, narrow”), from *þrinhwaną (“to press”), from Proto-Indo-European *trenkʷ- (“to push, press”). Cognate with English throng, Icelandic þröngur, Nynorsk trong, German dringen.
- tight, narrow, cramped (not able to comfortably accommodate someone/something)
“en trång öppning” — a narrow opening
“Det är för trångt. Vi kommer inte igenom.” — It's too tight. We can't get through.
“krypa genom en trång grottunnel” — crawl through a tight cave tunnel
Formerträngre(comparative) · trängst(superlative) · trång(error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, positive) · trängre(comparative, error-unrecognized-form, indefinite) · trängst(error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, superlative) · trångt(indefinite, neuter, positive, singular) · trängre(comparative, indefinite, neuter, singular) · trängst(indefinite, neuter, singular, superlative) · trånga(indefinite, plural, positive) · trängre(comparative, indefinite, plural) · trängst(indefinite, plural, superlative) · trånga(archaic, indefinite, masculine, plural, positive) · trängre(archaic, comparative, indefinite, masculine, plural) · trängst(archaic, indefinite, masculine, plural, superlative) · trånge(definite, masculine, positive, singular) · trängre(comparative, definite, masculine, singular) · trängste(definite, masculine, singular, superlative) · trånga(definite, error-unrecognized-form, positive) · trängre(comparative, definite, error-unrecognized-form) · trängsta(definite, error-unrecognized-form, superlative)