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 *ph₂ḱ- (“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 baptismal font; be godfather or godmother to.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Dutch vangen (“to catch”). Ultimately a doublet of etymology one.

Noun

vang (plural vangs)

1. (nautical) A line extended down from the end of a yard or a gaff, used to regulate its position

Hyponyms

• boom vang

Translations

line down from the end of yard or gaff

• Finnish: ahdin (fi)
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Anagrams

• AVGN

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Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *uang-, from Proto-Indo-European *wen(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

• vëth

Derived terms

• vëngëroj
• vëngër

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Danish

Noun

vang

1. a meadow; an uncultivated, grassy piece of land

Declension

Declension of vang

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vang	vangen	vange	vangene
genitive	vangs	vangens	vanges	vangenes

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɑŋ

Verb

vang

1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of vangen
2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of vangen

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Mizo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɑːŋ/

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

vang

1. scarce
2. rare

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Alternative forms

• vàng

Noun

vang

1. cause
2. reason

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse vangr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋɑŋː/

Noun

vang m (definite singular vangen, indefinite plural vangar, definite plural vangane)

1. a meadow, grassy area, grassy plain
   • 1868, Henrik Krohn, "Han Trond i Fjelli":

     […] fraa Hesten, som kneggjad til honom paa Vangen.

     […] from the horse, that neighed to him on the meadow.

References

• “vang” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [vaːŋ˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [vaːŋ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [vaːŋ˧˧] ~ [jaːŋ˧˧]

Etymology 1

Verb

vang • (㘇)

1. to echo; to resound

Derived terms

Derived terms

• âm vang
• ngân vang
• vang bóng
• vang dội
• vang lừng
• vang vọng

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French vin.

Noun

vang

1. (colloquial) Short for rượu vang (“wine”).

Etymology 3

Noun

(classifier cây) vang • (𣞁)

1. sappanwood (Biancaea sappan)