Postposition / Adjective / Adverb
lang
Pronunciation: /laŋ(k)/
long; lengthy (in space or time)
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Meanings
Postposition
- for (temporal)
Adjective
- long; lengthy (in space or time)
- tall
- many (indicating the length of the time in total)
Adverb
- long, sprawled, stretched (physically)
Example sentence
Er ist ein Jahr lang um die Welt gereist.
He travelled around the world for one year.
Usage
- ein langer Weg — a long way; an ending before a noun
- drei Stunden lang — for three hours; lang follows the duration
Wir mussten zwei Stunden lang warten.
We had to wait for two hours.