fange an

Danish

Alternative forms

• anfange

Etymology

Calque of German anfangen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faŋə an/, [fɑŋə ˈan], [fɑŋŋ̩ ˈan]

Verb

fange an (past tense fangede an, past participle fanget an)

1. (dated) to begin, start
   • 1999 January 26, Thomas Michelsen, “En frodig underskov”, in Information‎^[1]:

     1. sats slutter med brændingens smældende trompeter, og 2. sats fanger an med sitrende, varme sommerklange.

     The first movement ends with the cracking trumpets of the breakers, and the second movement begins with the shivering hot summer tones

   • 1919, Jeppe Aakjær, “Af min Hjemstavns Saga lidt bondehistorie”, in Samlede Værker, volume 5, page 228:

     Degnen havde fanget an med én Salme, men den fulde Møller for Løjers Skyld med en hel anden.

     The clerk has started with one hymn, but the drunken miller, jestfully, with a completely different one

Conjugation

Inflection of fange an

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

References

• “fange,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

fange an

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