An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/gänge
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| This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry gänge. | Random word Special:RandomInCategory/Annotated entries in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language |
gänge, adjective, ‘current, in vogue, customary,’ from Middle High German gęnge, Old High German gęngi, ‘ordinary, scattered,’ originally ‘capable of going, or rather of circulating’; a verbal adjective from the root gang (see the preceding word), formed like gäbe, angenehm, flügge.