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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵhengh- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵhónghos Proto-Germanic *gangaz Proto-West Germanic *gang Old English gang Middle English gang English gang From Middle English gang, from Old English gang (“a journey; way; passage”), from Proto-West Germanic *gang, from Proto-Germanic *gangaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵhongh-o-s, from *ǵhengh- (“to step; stride”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Gong, Dutch gang, German Gang, Norwegian gang, Swedish gång, Icelandic gangur, Vedic Sanskrit जंहस् (jáṃhas).

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵhengh-der. Proto-Germanic *ganganą Proto-West Germanic *gangan Old English gangan Middle English gangen English gang From Middle English gangen, from Old English gangan (“to go, walk, turn out”), from Proto-West Germanic *gangan, from Proto-Germanic *ganganą (“to go, walk”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵhengh- (“to step, walk”). Cognate with Scots gang (“to go on foot, walk”), Swedish gånga (“to walk, go”), Faroese ganga (“to walk”), Icelandic ganga (“to walk, go”), Norwegian Nynorsk ganga (“to walk, go”), Vedic Sanskrit जंहस् (jáṃhas). Ultimately related to etymology 2, which see below.

See gan.

Shortening of gangbang.

288 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: عِصَابَة (ʕiṣāba) — a company of persons
• Belarusian: ба́нда (bánda) — a company of persons
• Belarusian: згра́я (zhrája) — a company of persons
• Belarusian: вата́га (vatáha) — a company of persons
• Belarusian: ша́йка (šájka) — a company of persons
• Belarusian: гру́па (hrúpa) — a company of persons
• Bulgarian: ба́нда (bánda) — a company of persons
• Bulgarian: гру́па (grúpa) — a company of persons
• Burmese: အသိုက် (a.suik) — a company of persons
• Burmese: ဂိုဏ်း (guin:) — a company of persons
• Chinese Mandarin: 匪幫 /匪帮 (fěibāng) — a company of persons
• Chinese Mandarin: 組 /组 (zǔ) — a company of persons
• Chinese Mandarin: 集團 /集团 (jítuán) — a company of persons
• Chinese Mandarin: 黨 /党 (dǎng) — a company of persons
• Corsican: orda — a company of persons
• Czech: banda — a company of persons
• Czech: parta — a company of persons
• Dutch: bende — a company of persons
• Dutch: gang — a company of persons
• Esperanto: bando — a company of persons
• Finnish: jengi — a company of persons
• Finnish: joukko — a company of persons
• Finnish: joukkio — a company of persons
• Finnish: porukka — a company of persons
• Finnish: kööri — a company of persons
• French: bande — a company of persons
• French: gang — a company of persons
• French: gang — a company of persons
• Galician: fato — a company of persons
• Galician: grupo — a company of persons
• Galician: banda — a company of persons
• Galician: xuntoiro — a company of persons
• Georgian: კომპანია (ḳomṗania) — a company of persons
• Georgian: ბანდა (banda) — a company of persons
• Georgian: ბრიგადა (brigada) — a company of persons
• German: Bande — a company of persons
• German: Rotte — a company of persons
• German: Clique — a company of persons
• German: Freundeskreis — a company of persons
• Hebrew: כְּנוּפִיָה (k'nufya) — a company of persons
• Hindi: समूह (samūh) — a company of persons
• Hungarian: banda — a company of persons
• Icelandic: hópur — a company of persons
• Icelandic: lið — a company of persons
• Icelandic: gengi — a company of persons
• Italian: ghenga — a company of persons
• Italian: masnada — a company of persons
• Italian: orda — a company of persons
• Japanese: 団 (dan) — a company of persons
• Japanese: ギャング (gyangu) — a company of persons
• Japanese: 暴力団 (bōryokudan) — a company of persons
• Japanese: 一隊 (ittai) — a company of persons
• Japanese: 群れ (mure) — a company of persons
• Japanese: 集団 (shūdan) — a company of persons
• Khmer: កន (kɑɑn) — a company of persons
• Lao: ພວກ (phūak) — a company of persons
• Latin: globus — a company of persons
• Macedonian: дружина (družina) — a company of persons
• Māori: apū — a company of persons
• Māori: rōpū — a company of persons
• Māori: tokomatua — a company of persons
• Māori: kēnge — a company of persons
• Māori: kēnga — a company of persons
• Marathi: टोळी (ṭoḷī) — a company of persons
• Iranian Persian: گُروه (goruh) — a company of persons
• Polish: ferajna — a company of persons
• Polish: paczka — a company of persons
• Polish: banda — a company of persons
• Portuguese: grupo — a company of persons
• Romanian: bandă — a company of persons
• Russian: компа́ния (kompánija) — a company of persons
• Russian: гру́ппа (grúppa) — a company of persons
• Russian: брига́да (brigáda) — a company of persons
• Russian: ба́нда (bánda) — a company of persons
• Russian: ша́йка (šájka) — a company of persons
• Russian: вата́га (vatága) — a company of persons
• Slovak: banda — a company of persons
• Slovene: skupina — a company of persons
• Slovene: klapa — a company of persons
• Slovene: grupa — a company of persons
• Slovene: tolpa — a company of persons
• Slovene: banda — a company of persons
• Spanish: grupo — a company of persons
• Spanish: pandilla — a company of persons
• Spanish: mara — a company of persons
• Spanish: banda — a company of persons
• Spanish: cuadrilla — a company of persons
• Swedish: gäng — a company of persons
• Swedish: sällskap — a company of persons
• Swedish: grupp — a company of persons
• Tagalog: gang — a company of persons
• Thai: แก๊ง (gɛ́ng) — a company of persons
• Thai: ก๊วน (gúuan) — a company of persons
• Turkish: çete — a company of persons
• Ukrainian: ба́нда (bánda) — a company of persons
• Ukrainian: вата́га (vatáha) — a company of persons
• Ukrainian: згра́я (zhrája) — a company of persons
• Ukrainian: гру́па (hrúpa) — a company of persons
• Uyghur: گۇرۇھ (guruh) — a company of persons
• Uyghur: توپ (top) — a company of persons
• Uzbek: gurux — a company of persons
• Uzbek: toʻp — a company of persons
• Vietnamese: đoàn — a company of persons
• Vietnamese: tốp — a company of persons
• Vietnamese: toán — a company of persons
• Vietnamese: kíp — a company of persons
• Volapük: lusog — a company of persons
• Welsh: criw — a company of persons
• Belarusian: брыга́да (bryháda) — a company of labourers
• Bulgarian: брига́да (brigáda) — a company of labourers
• Bulgarian: дружина (družina) — a company of labourers
• Chinese Mandarin: 隊 /队 (duì) — a company of labourers
• Galician: cuadrilla — a company of labourers
• Georgian: ბრიგადა (brigada) — a company of labourers
• German: Arbeitsmannschaft — a company of labourers
• German: Arbeitskolonne — a company of labourers
• German: Arbeitstrupp — a company of labourers
• German: Arbeitsgruppe — a company of labourers
• Icelandic: gengi — a company of labourers
• Icelandic: vinnuflokkur — a company of labourers
• Irish: meitheal — a company of labourers
• Macedonian: брига́да (brigáda) — a company of labourers
• Māori: apū — a company of labourers
• Māori: rōpū mahi — a company of labourers
• Russian: брига́да (brigáda) — a company of labourers
• Russian: артель (artélʹ) — a company of labourers
• Swedish: arbetslag — a company of labourers
• Swedish: arbetsgrupp — a company of labourers
• Ukrainian: брига́да (bryháda) — a company of labourers
• Belarusian: ба́нда (bánda) — criminal group with a common background
• Belarusian: ша́йка (šájka) — criminal group with a common background
• Belarusian: вата́га (vatáha) — criminal group with a common background
• Belarusian: згра́я (zhrája) — criminal group with a common background
• Bulgarian: ба́нда (bánda) — criminal group with a common background
• Bulgarian: ша́йка (šájka) — criminal group with a common background
• Bulgarian: тайфа (tajfa) — criminal group with a common background
• Chinese Mandarin: 幫 /帮 (bāng) — criminal group with a common background
• Czech: banda — criminal group with a common background
• Czech: gang — criminal group with a common background
• Esperanto: bando — criminal group with a common background
• Finnish: jengi — criminal group with a common background
• French: bande — criminal group with a common background
• French: gang — criminal group with a common background
• Galician: banda — criminal group with a common background
• Georgian: ბანდა (banda) — criminal group with a common background
• German: Bande — criminal group with a common background
• German: Verbrecherbande — criminal group with a common background
• German: Gangsterbande — criminal group with a common background
• German: Gang — criminal group with a common background
• Gujarati: ધાડું (dhāḍũ) — criminal group with a common background
• Icelandic: gengi — criminal group with a common background
• Italian: banda — criminal group with a common background
• Italian: masnada — criminal group with a common background
• Japanese: ギャング (gyangu) — criminal group with a common background
• Korean: 갱 (gaeng) — criminal group with a common background
• Korean: 갱단 (gaengdan) — criminal group with a common background
• Macedonian: банда (banda) — criminal group with a common background
• Macedonian: дружина (družina) — criminal group with a common background
• Māori: kēnge — criminal group with a common background
• Māori: kēnga — criminal group with a common background
• Old English: hlōþ — criminal group with a common background
• Polish: gang — criminal group with a common background
• Polish: banda — criminal group with a common background
• Polish: szajka — criminal group with a common background
• Portuguese: gangue — criminal group with a common background
• Portuguese: bando — criminal group with a common background
• Russian: ба́нда (bánda) — criminal group with a common background
• Russian: ша́йка (šájka) — criminal group with a common background
• Serbo-Croatian: ба̑нда — criminal group with a common background
• Serbo-Croatian: дру̀жина — criminal group with a common background
• Serbo-Croatian: bȃnda — criminal group with a common background
• Serbo-Croatian: drùžina — criminal group with a common background
• Slovak: banda — criminal group with a common background
• Slovak: gang — criminal group with a common background
• Slovene: tolpa — criminal group with a common background
• Slovene: banda — criminal group with a common background
• Spanish: pandilla — criminal group with a common background
• Spanish: patota — criminal group with a common background
• Spanish: cuadrilla — criminal group with a common background
• Spanish: mara — criminal group with a common background
• Spanish: gatada — criminal group with a common background
• Ukrainian: ба́нда (bánda) — criminal group with a common background
• Ukrainian: вата́га (vatáha) — criminal group with a common background
• Ukrainian: згра́я (zhrája) — criminal group with a common background
• Ukrainian: ша́йка (šájka) — criminal group with a common background
• Abkhaz: абанда (abanda) — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Albanian: bandë — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Arabic: عِصَابَة (ʕiṣāba) — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Armenian: հրոսակախումբ (hrosakaxumb) — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Armenian: բանդա (banda) — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Armenian: ոհմակ (ohmak) — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Azerbaijani: banda — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Basque: gaizkile-talde — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Belarusian: ба́нда (bánda) — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Belarusian: ша́йка (šájka) — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Belarusian: вата́га (vatáha) — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Belarusian: згра́я (zhrája) — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Bulgarian: ба́нда (bánda) — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Bulgarian: ша́йка (šájka) — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Bulgarian: тайфа (tajfa) — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Bulgarian: котерия (koterija) — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Burmese: ဂိုဏ်း (guin:) — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Chinese Mandarin: 匪幫 /匪帮 (fěibāng) — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Chinese Mandarin: 黑幫 /黑帮 (hēibāng) — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Czech: banda — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Czech: gang — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Danish: bande — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Dutch: gang — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Dutch: bende — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Estonian: bande — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Finnish: jengi — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• French: bande — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• French: gang — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Galician: banda — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Georgian: ბანდა (banda) — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• German: Bande — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• German: Gang — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Greek: συμμορία (symmoría) — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Greek: σπείρα (speíra) — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Hebrew: כְּנוּפִיָה (k'nufya) — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Hindi: गिरोह (giroh) — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Hungarian: banda — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Icelandic: gengi — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Italian: banda — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Italian: cricca — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Italian: ganga — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Italian: torma — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Japanese: ギャング (gyangu) — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Japanese: 暴力団 (bōryokudan) — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Kazakh: банда (banda) — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Kazakh: топ (top) — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Khmer: បន (bɑɑn) — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Korean: 조폭 (jopok) — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Korean: 갱 (gaeng) — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Korean: 폭력단 (pongnyeokdan) — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Korean: 갱단 (gaengdan) — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Korean: 패거리 (paegeori) — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Kyrgyz: банда (banda) — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Lao: ສ້ວງໂຈນ (sūang chōn) — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Latvian: banda — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Lithuanian: gauja — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Macedonian: банда (banda) — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Macedonian: дружина (družina) — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Māori: kēnge — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Māori: kēnga — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Mongolian: бүлэглэл (büleglel) — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Norwegian Bokmål: gjeng — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Old English: hlōþ — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Iranian Persian: گُروه (goruh) — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Iranian Persian: دَسْتِه (daste) — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Polish: banda — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Polish: gang — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Polish: szajka — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Portuguese: quadrilha — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Portuguese: gangue — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Romanian: bandă — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Russian: ба́нда (bánda) — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Russian: ша́йка (šájka) — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Serbo-Croatian: ба̑нда — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Serbo-Croatian: дру̀жина — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Serbo-Croatian: bȃnda — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Serbo-Croatian: drùžina — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Slovak: banda — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Slovak: gang — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Slovene: tolpa — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Slovene: banda — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Spanish: cuadrilla — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Spanish: pandilla — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Swedish: gäng — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Tajik: даста (dasta) — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Tajik: гурӯҳ (gurüh) — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Thai: แก๊ง (gɛ́ng) — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Thai: ก๊วน (gúuan) — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Turkish: çete — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Ukrainian: ба́нда (bánda) — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Ukrainian: ша́йка (šájka) — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Ukrainian: вата́га (vatáha) — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Ukrainian: згра́я (zhrája) — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Urdu: گِروہ (giroh) — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Uyghur: گۇرۇھ (guruh) — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Uzbek: banda — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Uzbek: gurux — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Uzbek: shayka — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Vietnamese: băng — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• Vietnamese: băng đảng — group of criminals who band together for mutual protection
• German: Gang — a course, path, track
• Spanish: grupo — (electrics) a number of switches or other electrical devices wired into one unit and covered by one faceplate
• Spanish: mara — (electrics) a number of switches or other electrical devices wired into one unit and covered by one faceplate