An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/ranzen

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, R
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
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This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry ranzen. Random word Special:RandomInCategory/Annotated entries in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language
2554998An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, R — ranzenJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

​ ranzen, verb, ‘to speak rudely or harshly to,’ Modern High German only, probably for *rankzen, allied to Middle High German ranken, ‘to bray.’ Scarcely cognate with English to rant.

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