vang

See also Vang, vàng, vâng, and vắng

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English vangen, southern variant of fangen (“to seize, catch”), from Old English fōn (“to take, grasp, seize, catch, capture, make prisoner, receive, accept, assume, undertake, meet with, encounter”), and Old Norse fanga (“to fetch, capture”), both from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną, *fangōną (“to catch, capture”), from Proto-Indo-European *paḱ- (“to fasten, place”). Cognate with West Frisian fange (“to catch”), Dutch vangen (“to catch”), German fangen (“to catch”), Danish fange (“to catch”). More at fang.

Verb

vang (third-person singular simple present vangs, present participle vanging, simple past and past participle vanged)

1. (dialectal or obsolete) To take; undertake for.
2. (dialectal, as a godparent) To undertake for at the Font; be godfather or godmother to.

Etymology 2

From Dutch vangen (“to catch”).

Noun

vang (plural vangs)

1. (nautical) A boom vang, a strap or line which exerts downward pressure on the boom near where it joins the mast of a fore-and-aft rigged sailboat.
2. (nautical) A line extended down from the end of a yard or a gaff, used to regulate its position

Synonyms

• kicking strap

Translations

boom vang

• Finnish: puominvetäjä

line down from the end of yard or gaff

• Finnish: ahdin (fi)

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Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *uang-, from Proto-Indo-European *uen(H)g- 'to be bent, curved'. Cognate to Lithuanian vìngis (“bow, crooking”) and Old High German wankon (“to shake, totter, stagger”).

Noun

vang m

1. (b)rim, felloe

Related terms

• vёth

Derived terms

• vëngëroj

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑŋ

Verb

vang

1. first-person singular present indicative of vangen
2. imperative of vangen

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Mizo

Pronunciation

• IPA: /vɑːŋ/

Etymology 1

Adjective

vang

1. scarce
2. rare

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• vàng

Noun

vang

1. cause
2. reason