Schlångan

 

• Schlång, Schlånga

From Middle High German slange, from Old High German slango, from Proto-Germanic *slangô. Cognates include German Schlange (“snake”), Yiddish שלאַנג (shlang, “snake”), German Low German Slang (“snake”), Dutch slang (“snake”), West Frisian slang (“snake”), Old Norse slanga (“snake”). Compare also Albanian shlligë (“adder”).

• IPA^(key): /ʃlɔŋɐn/
• IPA^(key): /ʃlɒ̃ŋɐn/ (Vienna)
• Hyphenation: Schlån‧gan

Schlångan f (plural Schlångan, diminutive Schlangl or Schlangerl)

1. snake
2. queue, line (a line of people)
3. (derogatory) a treacherous person