vang

See also: Vang, vàng, vâng, and vắng

English

Alternative forms

• fank, fang

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 gaff, used to regulate its position
   • 2013, Frank Bethwaite, Fast Handling Technique, page 141:

     Having the vang and the Cunningham in the right spot can be beneficial.

Hyponyms

• boom vang

Translations

line down from the end of a gaff

• Finnish: ahdin (fi)
• Hebrew: גִּיד‎ (he) m (gid)

Verb

vang (third-person singular simple present vangs, present participle vanging, simple past and past participle vanged)

1. (sailing) To flatten the sail and regulate its position with such a line.
   • 1998 February, Yachting, page 62:

     On a catamaran, the curved track has enough beam to allow the mainsheet to vang the boom throughout its entire arc.

   • 1999 January, Cruising World, volume 25, number 1, page 80:

     The Patented Hoyt Jib Boom adds to offwind speed by vanging the jib and acting as a built in whisker pole.

   • 2018, Henry R. Danielson, Island People: Finding Our Way:

     We needed to vang the main, pull it down to flatten it, and make it more efficient.

Anagrams

• AVGN

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

Derived terms

• vëngëroj
• vëngër

Related terms

• vëth

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse vangr.

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɑŋ/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: vang
• Rhymes: -ɑŋ

Etymology 1

From vangen.

Noun

vang f (plural vangen)

1. The brake wheel of a windmill, a brake.

Alternative forms

• vange (archaic)

Derived terms

• bandvang
• blokvang
• stutvang
• vangstok
• vangstuk
• vangtouw
• Vlaamse vang

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vang

1. first-person singular present indicative of vangen
2. imperative of vangen

Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German vangen or Swedish fånge.

Noun

vang (genitive vangi, partitive vangi)

1. prisoner
2. captive

Declension

Declension of vang (type riik)

	singular	plural
nominative	vang	vangid
genitive	vangi	vangide
partitive	vangi	vange / vangisid
illative	vangi / vangisse	vangidesse / vangesse
inessive	vangis	vangides / vanges
elative	vangist	vangidest / vangest
allative	vangile	vangidele / vangele
adessive	vangil	vangidel / vangel
ablative	vangilt	vangidelt / vangelt
translative	vangiks	vangideks / vangeks
terminative	vangini	vangideni
essive	vangina	vangidena
abessive	vangita	vangideta
comitative	vangiga	vangidega

Further reading

• vang in Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik
• vang in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat
• vang in Raadik, M., editor (2018), Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, →ISBN
• vang in Sõnaveeb

Khumi Chin

Vang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vã˧/

Noun

vang

1. village

References

• K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin‎^[1], Payap University, page 44

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

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.

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [vaːŋ˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [vaːŋ˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) 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

From Austronesian. Cognate with Muong Bi pang, Malay sepang, Khmer ស្បែង (sbaeng), Chinese 蘇枋／苏枋 (sūfāng).

Noun

(classifier cây) vang • (榮, 𣞁, 㮠)

1. sappanwood (Biancaea sappan)