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fange

fange

See also: fånge and Fänge

Danish

Verb

fange (imperative fang, infinitive at fange, present tense fanger, past tense fangede, perfect tense har fanget)

  1. to catch, to capture
    Jeg kan fange fisk.
    I can catch fish.

Noun

fange c (singular definite fangen, plural indefinite fanger)

  1. prisoner

Declension

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French

Etymology

From Middle French fange, from Old French fange (mud, addle, mire), from Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌽𐌲𐌰 (fanga, mud, addle, mire), from Proto-Germanic *fangō (wetness, moisture), from Proto-Indo-European *pAnk- (mud, rot, filth). Cognate with Italian fango (mud, sludge) (from Germanic), German feucht (moist, damp), Dutch vocht (moisture, humidity), Old English fūht (moist, damp).

Alternative etymology derives the Old French word from Old Low Frankish *fani, *fanja (moor, swamp, mire), from Proto-Germanic *fanją (clay, mud, marsh), from Proto-Indo-European *pan- (mud, slush, morass), related to Old High German fenni (stagnant water, swamp, bog), Old English fenn (swamp, bog). See fen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɑ̃ʒ/

Noun

fange f (plural fanges)

  1. (literary) filth, mire
  2. (literary, figuratively) filth, baseness, debauchery
  3. (literary, archaic) fen, swamp

German

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aŋə

Verb

fange

  1. First-person singular present of fangen.
  2. First-person singular subjunctive I of fangen.
  3. Third-person singular subjunctive I of fangen.

Lojban

Etymology

In Lojbanized spelling.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfanɡe/

Gismu

fange

  1. alien; x1 is alien/foreign/[exotic]/unfamiliar to x2 in property x3 (ka).

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German vangene and Old Norse fangi

Noun

fange m (definite singular fangen, indefinite plural fanger, definite plural fangene)

  1. convict, inmate, prisoner
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German vangen and Old Norse fanga

Verb

fange (imperative fang, present tense fanger, passive fanges, simple past and past participle fanga or fanget, present participle fangende)

  1. to catch, to capture

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German vangene and Old Norse fangi

Noun

fange m (definite singular fangen, indefinite plural fangar, definite plural fangane)

  1. convict, inmate, prisoner
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German vangen and Old Norse fanga

Alternative forms

Verb

fange

  1. to catch, to capture

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Plautdietsch

Verb

fange

  1. to nab, to catch