Fang

See also: Appendix:Variations of "fang"

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfæŋ/, /ˈfɑŋ/
• Rhymes: -æŋ

Noun

Fang pl (plural only)

1. A people of western Africa.

Translations

people

• Fang (Bantu): Fang

Proper noun

Fang

1. The dominant Bantu language of Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, spoken by 1.3 million people, also called Pahouin.
2. A Beboid language of Cameroon, spoken by only 2400 people, so called because it is spoken in the village of Fang.

Translations

the language of Guinea which is also called Pahouin

• Fang (Bantu): Fang

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Fang (Bantu) terms
• Ethnologue entry for Fang, fan ⁠
• Wiktionary’s coverage of Fang (Beboid) terms
• Ethnologue entry for Fang, fak ⁠

Etymology 2

The county sense is from Mandarin 房 (Fáng). The surname sense could be from Mandarin 方 (Fāng), 房 (Fáng), 芳 (Fāng), 仿 (Fǎng) or 放 (Fǎng).

Proper noun

Fang

1. A county of Shiyan, Hubei, China.
   • 1907, Report for the Year 1907 on the Chemical, Metal and Mining Industries of the Consular District of Lyons‎^[1], →OCLC, page 23:

     Many valuable medicines are produced in Hupei, particularly in the Shih-nan Prefecture and in the Fang and Hsing-shan districts.

   • 1978, Translations on People's Republic of China‎^[2], numbers 471-479, →OCLC:

     FANG COUNTY HYDROELECTRICITY--This year the people in Fang County have developed 135 small hydroelectric power stations with a total installed[...]

   • 1990, Eva Wong, transl., Seven Taoist Masters: A Folk Novel of China‎^[3], Boston & London: Shambhala Publications, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 110:

     After parting with his brothers, Wang Yü-yang journeyed on the southwest road and came to a small town nestled in the rural region of Fang County.

   • 2018 August 26, Laurie Chen, “Dreamers, crackpots or realists? The diehards on the trail of China’s ‘Bigfoot’”, in South China Morning Post‎^[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 August 2018‎^[5]:

     “Its speed was very fast, but it was walking, not running,” Yuan said. As the creature ranged across a mountain in Fang county, bordering the Shennongjia Forestry District, “it walked faster than a human ran”.

   • 2019, Na Li, Ni Yan, “Present Situation and Development Suggestions of Traditional Chinese Medicine Industry in Hubei Province”, in 2019 4th International Conference on Education and Social Development (ICESD 2019)‎^[6], →DOI, →ISBN, page 147:

     Hubei Sanxin Biotechnology Co., LTD, located in Fang County, Shiyan City, has developed a series of traditional Chinese medicine [from] Polygonum Cuspidatum, including "yellow bud stem" vegetables, resveratrol extract, emodin extract, and crude Polygonum cuspidatum extract and so on.

   • 2020 March 12, “Deaths in China Surpass Toll From SARS”, in The New York Times‎^[7], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 May 2020, Asia Pacific‎^[8]:

     Now, the Fang County government is trying “incentives,” according to a statement posted Saturday on its website. People who report their own fevers will receive 1,000 renminbi, the equivalent of $143 — a few days’ salary for the average Hubei resident.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Fang.
2. A surname from Mandarin

Synonyms

• Fangxian (county)

Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 房 (zh) (Fáng)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Fang Xian”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[9], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1203, column 2

Fang (Bantu)

Proper noun

Fang

1. Fang people
2. Fang language (Pahouin)

German

Etymology

From Middle High German vanc, ultimately from the root of fangen (“to catch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faŋ/
• Rhymes: -aŋ

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

Fang m (strong, genitive Fanges or Fangs, plural Fänge)

1. catch, capture
2. booty, prey
3. haul, draught
4. fang, talon, claw, tusk
5. (hunting) coup de grâce
6. hunting, fishing (fish, whales)

Declension

Declension of Fang [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Fang	die	Fänge
genitive	eines	des	Fanges, Fangs	der	Fänge
dative	einem	dem	Fang, Fange1	den	Fängen
accusative	einen	den	Fang	die	Fänge

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• “Fang” in Duden online
• “Fang” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache