fange

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.

fange c (singular definite fangen, plural indefinite fanger)

1. prisoner

• “fange” in Den Danske Ordbog

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 *penk- (“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 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.

• IPA^(key): /fɑ̃ʒ/

fange f (plural fanges)

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

• “fange” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaŋə/
• Rhymes: -aŋə

fange

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

From Middle Low German vangene and Old Norse fangi

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

1. convict, inmate, prisoner

• fangeleir
• fangevokter
• krigsfange
• politisk fange

From Middle Low German vangen and Old Norse fanga

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

1. to catch, to capture

• fanger (noun)

• fangst

• “fange” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /²fɑŋːə/

From Middle Low German vangene and Old Norse fangi

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

1. convict, inmate, prisoner

• fangeleir
• krigsfange
• politisk fange

From Middle Low German vangen and Old Norse fanga

• fanga

fange (present tense fangar, past tense fanga, past participle fanga, passive infinitive fangast, present participle fangande, imperative fang/fange)

1. to catch, to capture

• fangst

• “fange” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Compare German fangen, Dutch vangen.

fange

1. to catch, to seize

fange

1. to nab, to catch

From Old Frisian fān, from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną.

fange

1. to catch

• “fange (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011