fange
Danish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Danish fange, borrowed from Middle Low German vangen (“to catch”), from vān, from Old Saxon fahan. Doublet of få (“to get”).
Verb edit
fange (past tense fangede, past participle fanget, c fangen, definite or plural fangne)
Conjugation edit
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “fange,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 2 edit
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 edit
fange c (singular definite fangen, plural indefinite fanger)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “fange,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
French edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
fange f (plural fanges) (literary)
- filth, mire
- (figurative) filth, baseness, debauchery
- (archaic) fen, swamp
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “fange”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
fange
- inflection of fangen:
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Low German vangene and Old Norse fangi.
Noun edit
fange m (definite singular fangen, indefinite plural fanger, definite plural fangene)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle Low German vangen and Old Norse fanga.
Verb edit
fange (imperative fang, present tense fanger, passive fanges, simple past and past participle fanga or fanget, present participle fangende)
Derived terms edit
- fanger (noun)
See also edit
References edit
- “fange” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From late Old Norse fanga from Middle Low German vangen.[1] Doublet of få.
Alternative forms edit
- fanga (a-infinitive)
Verb edit
fange (present tense fangar, past tense fanga, past participle fanga, passive infinitive fangast, present participle fangande, imperative fange/fang)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From late Old Norse fangi, from Middle Low German vangene.[1]
Noun edit
fange m (definite singular fangen, indefinite plural fangar, definite plural fangane)
Derived terms edit
References edit
Anagrams edit
Pennsylvania German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German vāhen, from Old High German fāhan, from Proto-West Germanic *fą̄han. Compare German fangen, Dutch vangen.
Verb edit
fange
Plautdietsch edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
fange
Saterland Frisian edit
Etymology edit
From Old Frisian fā, from Proto-West Germanic *fą̄han. Cognates include West Frisian fange and German fangen.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
fange
- (transitive) to catch
Conjugation edit
Grúundfoarme | fange | ||||||
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Infinitive | tou fangen | ||||||
Present tense | Past tense | ||||||
iek | fange | wie | fange | iek | fäng, fing, fangde | wie | fängen, fingen, fangden |
du | fangst | jie | fange | du | fängest, fingest, fangdest | jie | fängen, fingen, fangden |
hie/ju/dät | fangt | jo | fange | hie/ju/dät | fäng, fing, fangde | jo | fängen, fingen, fangden |
Present participle | Imperative | Auxiliary | Past participle | ||||
fangend | Singular | fang, fange | häbe | fangen | |||
Plural | fanget |
Derived terms edit
References edit
West Frisian edit
Etymology edit
From Old Frisian fā, from Proto-West Germanic *fą̄han.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
fange
- to catch
Inflection edit
Strong class 7 | ||||
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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 edit
- “fange (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011