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fange

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See also: Fange, Fänge, and fånge

Danish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /faŋə/, [ˈfɑŋə], [ˈfɑŋŋ̩]

Etymology 1

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From Old Danish fange, borrowed from Middle Low German vangen (to catch), from vān, from Old Saxon fahan. Doublet of (to get).

Verb

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fange (past tense fangede, past participle fanget, c fangen, definite or plural fangne)

  1. to catch, to capture
    Jeg kan fange fisk.
    I can catch fish.
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Etymology 2

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From Old Danish fange, borrowed from Middle Low German vangen (captive), a past participle of vangen, vān (to catch), from Old Saxon fahan.

Compare German Gefangener (captive). Late Old Norse fangi and Swedish fånga are also borrowed from Low German.

Noun

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fange c (singular definite fangen, plural indefinite fanger)

  1. prisoner, captive
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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French fange, from Old French fange (mud, addle, mire), from Vulgar Latin *fanga ~ *fangus (mud) of Germanic origin, see there for more. Compare Spanish and Italian fango m. Doublet of fagne (marshland, fen).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fɑ̃ʒ/
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Noun

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fange f (plural fanges) (literary)

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

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German

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Pronunciation

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fange

  1. inflection of fangen:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Low German vangene and Old Norse fangi.

Noun

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

  1. convict, inmate, prisoner
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Etymology 2

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From Middle Low German vangen. Doublet of .

Verb

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

  1. to catch, to capture
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From late Old Norse fanga from Middle Low German vangen.[1] Doublet of .

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Verb

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

  1. to catch, to capture
  2. (archaic) to receive
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Etymology 2

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From late Old Norse fangi, from Middle Low German vangene.[1]

Noun

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

  1. convict, inmate, prisoner
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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 “fange” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Pennsylvania German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German vāhen, from Old High German fāhan, from Proto-West Germanic *fą̄han. Compare German fangen, Dutch vangen.

Verb

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fange

  1. to catch, to seize

Plautdietsch

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Etymology

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From Old Saxon fahan.

Verb

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fange

  1. to nab, to catch

Saterland Frisian

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Etymology

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From Old Frisian , from Proto-West Germanic *fą̄han. Cognates include West Frisian fange and German fangen.

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Verb

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fange

  1. (transitive) to catch

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References

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  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “fange”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

West Frisian

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Etymology

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From Old Frisian , from Proto-West Germanic *fą̄han.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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fange

  1. to catch

Inflection

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Strong class 7
infinitive fange
3rd singular past fong
past participle fongen
infinitive fange
long infinitive fangen
gerund fangen n
auxiliary hawwe
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

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