Rang

17th century, borrowed from French rang. Doublet of Ring.

• IPA^(key): /raŋ/, [ʁaŋ], (northern also) [ʁaŋk]

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• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Homophone: rank (with [k])

Rang m (strong, genitive Ranges or Rangs, plural Ränge)

1. rank, a level in a hierarchy (but not so much an according title, for which Dienstgrad and Amtsbezeichnung / Amtstitel)

   Ein Hauptmann und ein Kapitänleutnant haben denselben Rang.

   An army captain and a navy lieutenant have the same rank.

   1. (figurative) prestige, high degree of esteem

      ein Sänger von Rang ― a singer of high rank

      alles, was Rang und Namen hat ― the who’s who (literally, “all that has rank and name”)

   2. (sports) place (in a result, table)

      Synonyms: Platzierung, Platz, Tabellenplatz

2. balcony, gallery (platform in a theater)

   Wir hatten Plätze im obersten Rang.

   We had seats on the uppermost balcony.

   1. (by extension, in the plural) stands of a stadium

      Die Antwort war ein gellendes Pfeifkonzert von den Rängen.

      This was answered by a loud chorus of whistles from the stands.

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Inherited from Middle High German ranke, from Old High German hranca, from Proto-West Germanic *hrankā.^[1]

Cognate with German Ranke.

• IPA^(key): /ˈraŋ/
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: Rang

Rang f (plural Range)

1. (botany) climber; creeper (plant that grows by creeping)

• Rangel