fange
Danish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Danish fange, borrowed from Middle Low German vangen (“to catch”), from vān, from Proto-Germanic *fanganą. Doublet of få (“to get”).
Verb[edit]
fange (past tense fangede, past participle fanget, c fangen, definite or plural fangne)
Inflection[edit]
References[edit]
- “fange,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old Danish fange, borrowed from Middle Low German vangen (“captive”), a past participle of vangen, vān (“to catch”), cf. German Gefangener (“captive”). Late Old Norse fangi and Swedish fånga are also borrowed from Low German.
Noun[edit]
fange c (singular definite fangen, plural indefinite fanger)
Inflection[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “fange,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French fange, from Old French fange (“mud, addle, mire”), from Gothic *𐍆𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰 (*fagga, “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[edit]
Noun[edit]
fange f (plural fanges)
- (literary) filth, mire
- (literary, figuratively) filth, baseness, debauchery
- (literary, archaic) fen, swamp
Further reading[edit]
- “fange” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
fange
- inflection of fangen:
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle Low German vangene and Old Norse fangi
Noun[edit]
fange m (definite singular fangen, indefinite plural fanger, definite plural fangene)
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle Low German vangen and Old Norse fanga
Verb[edit]
fange (imperative fang, present tense fanger, passive fanges, simple past and past participle fanga or fanget, present participle fangende)
Derived terms[edit]
- fanger (noun)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- “fange” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From late Old Norse fanga from Middle Low German vangen.[1] Doublet of få.
Alternative forms[edit]
- fanga (a-infinitive)
Verb[edit]
fange (present tense fangar, past tense fanga, past participle fanga, passive infinitive fangast, present participle fangande, imperative fang)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From late Old Norse fangi, from Middle Low German vangene.[1]
Noun[edit]
fange m (definite singular fangen, indefinite plural fangar, definite plural fangane)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Pennsylvania German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle High German vāhen, from Old High German fāhan, from Proto-West Germanic *fą̄han. Compare German fangen, Dutch vangen.
Verb[edit]
fange
Plautdietsch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Verb[edit]
fange
West Frisian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Frisian fā, from Proto-West Germanic *fą̄han.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
fange
- to catch
Inflection[edit]
Strong class 7 | ||||
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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[edit]
- “fange (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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