fanger
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English fanger, equivalent to fang + -er. Cognate with Old High German fangari (“fanger; one who takes”), German Fänger (“catcher”).
Noun edit
fanger (plural fangers)
Danish edit
Verb edit
fanger
Noun edit
fanger
North Frisian edit
Etymology edit
From Old Frisian finger. Cognates include West Frisian finger.
Noun edit
fanger m (plural fangern)
- (Föhr-Amrum) (anatomy) finger
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
fanger m (definite singular fangeren, indefinite plural fangere, definite plural fangerne)
- a person or object that catches something, literally a catcher
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
fanger m pl
Etymology 3 edit
Verb edit
fanger
See also edit
- fangar (Nynorsk)