fange

See also: fånge and Fänge

Danish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Old Danish fange, borrowed from Middle Low German vangen (“to catch”), from vān, from Proto-Germanic *fanganą. Doublet of få (“to get”).

Verb

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.

Inflection

Inflection of fange

	present	past
simple	fanger	fangede
perfect	har fanget	havde fanget
passive	fanges	fangedes
participle	fangende	fanget
imperative	fang	—
infinitive	fange	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	fangen	—

References

• “fange,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

Derived terms

• anfange
• fange an
• fanger
• fangst
• friskfanget
• opfange

 

Etymology 2

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

fange c (singular definite fangen, plural indefinite fanger)

1. prisoner, captive

Inflection

Declension of fange

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

Derived terms

• fangehul
• fangekælder
• fangelejr
• fangevogter
• krigsfange
• kz-fange
• tage til fange

 

References

• “fange,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

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French

Etymology

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

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

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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/ (example of pronunciation)

Etymology 1

From late Old Norse fanga from Middle Low German vangen. Doublet of få.

Alternative forms

• fanga (a-infinitive)

Verb

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

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

Derived terms

• bondefange

Related terms

• fangst
• få

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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

1. convict, inmate, prisoner

Derived terms

• fangeleir
• krigsfange
• livstidsfange
• medfange
• politisk fange
• samvettsfange, samvitsfange
• sikringsfange
• soningsfange
• straffange, straff-fange
• varetektsfange

Anagrams

• fagne, fange, fegna, fenga

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Pennsylvania German

Etymology

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

Verb

fange

1. to catch, to seize

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Plautdietsch

Etymology

From Old Saxon fahan

Verb

fange

1. to nab, to catch

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West Frisian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaŋə/

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