Tran

See also: tran, trán, trăn, Trần, trần, and trận

English

Etymology

Anglicization of Vietnamese Trần. Doublet of Tan.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tɹæn/

Proper noun

Tran (plural Trans)

  1. A surname from Vietnamese.

Anagrams

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese Trần.

Proper noun

Tran m anim

  1. a surname from Vietnamese

Declension

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese Trần.

Proper noun

Tran ?

  1. a surname from Vietnamese

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [tʁaːn]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: Tran
  • Rhymes: -aːn

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle Low German trān (“tear”), from Old Saxon *trahn, Proto-Germanic *trahnuz. Doublet of Träne.

Noun

Tran m (strong, genitive Tranes or Trans, plural Trane)

  1. train oil; oil extracted from the fatty tissue (blubber) of certain polar mammals
    Synonym: Polaröl
Declension
Declension of Tran [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Tran die Trane
genitive eines des Tranes, Trans der Trane
dative einem dem Tran, Trane1 den Tranen
accusative einen den Tran die Trane

1Now rare, see notes.

Descendants
  • → Polish: tran

Etymology 2

From Etymology 1 above in the sense of "drops (tears) of alcohol." Compare Träne.

Noun

Tran m (strong, genitive Tranes or Trans, plural Trane)

  1. delirium (chiefly used in the expression im Tran)

Further reading
  • Tran on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
  • “Tran” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Tran” in Duden online
  • “Tran” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
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