fange

See also: fånge and Fänge

Danish

Verb

fange (imperative fang, infinitive at fange, present tense fanger, past tense fangede, perfect tense har fanget)

1. to catch, to capture

   Jeg kan fange fisk.

   I can catch fish.

Noun

fange c (singular definite fangen, plural indefinite fanger)

1. prisoner

Declension

Declension of fange

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fange	fangen	fanger	fangerne
genitive	fanges	fangens	fangers	fangernes

References

• “fange” in Den Danske Ordbog

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French

Etymology

From Middle French fange, from Old French fange (“mud, addle, mire”), from Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌽𐌲𐌰 (fanga, “mud, addle, mire”), from Proto-Germanic *fangō (“wetness, moisture”), from Proto-Indo-European *penk- (“mud, rot, filth”). Cognate with Italian fango (“mud, sludge”) (from Germanic), German feucht (“moist, damp”), Dutch vocht (“moisture, humidity”), Old English fūht (“moist, damp”).

Alternative etymology derives the Old French word from Frankish *fani, *fanja (“moor, swamp, mire”), from Proto-Germanic *fanją (“clay, mud, marsh”), from Proto-Indo-European *pan- (“mud, slush, morass”), related to Old High German fenni (“stagnant water, swamp, bog”), Old English fenn (“swamp, bog”). See fen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɑ̃ʒ/

Noun

fange f (plural fanges)

1. (literary) filth, mire
2. (literary, figuratively) filth, baseness, debauchery
3. (literary, archaic) fen, swamp

Further reading

• “fange” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaŋə/
• Rhymes: -aŋə

Verb

fange

1. First-person singular present of fangen.
2. First-person singular subjunctive I of fangen.
3. Third-person singular subjunctive I of fangen.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German vangene and Old Norse fangi

Noun

fange m (definite singular fangen, indefinite plural fanger, definite plural fangene)

1. convict, inmate, prisoner

Derived terms

Terms derived from fange

• fangeleir
• fangevokter

• krigsfange
• politisk fange

• straffange

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German vangen and Old Norse fanga

Verb

fange (imperative fang, present tense fanger, passive fanges, simple past and past participle fanga or fanget, present participle fangende)

1. to catch, to capture

Derived terms

• fanger (noun)

See also

• fangst

References

• “fange” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²fɑŋːə/

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German vangene and Old Norse fangi

Noun

fange m (definite singular fangen, indefinite plural fangar, definite plural fangane)

1. convict, inmate, prisoner

Derived terms

• fangeleir
• krigsfange
• politisk fange
• straffange

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German vangen and Old Norse fanga

Alternative forms

• fanga

Verb

fange (present tense fangar, past tense fanga, past participle fanga, passive infinitive fangast, present participle fangande, imperative fang/fange)

1. to catch, to capture

See also

• fangst

References

• “fange” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German fangen, Dutch vangen.

Verb

fange

1. to catch, to seize

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Plautdietsch

Verb

fange

1. to nab, to catch

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West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian fān, from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną.

Verb

fange

1. to catch

Inflection

Strong class 7
infinitive	fange
3rd singular past	fong
past participle	fongen
infinitive	fange
long infinitive	fangen
gerund	fangen n
indicative	present tense	past tense
1st singular	fang	fong
2nd singular	fangst	fongst
3rd singular	fangt	fong
plural	fange	fongen
imperative	fang
participles	fangend	fongen

Further reading

• “fange (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011