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

References

• “fange” in Den Danske Ordbog

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.

• Chinese: uaigue — 外國/外国 (wài guó)
• English: farin — foreign
• Hindi: aniadec — अन्य (an'ya dēśa)
• Spanish: akstranxer — extranjero
• Russian: inastran — иностранный (inostrannyj)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfanɡe/

Gismu

fange

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

See also

• cizra
• jbena
• ckini

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

• krigsfange

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

See also

• fangst

References

• “fange” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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

• krigsfange

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German vangen and Old Norse fanga

Alternative forms

• fanga

Verb

fange

1. to catch, to capture

See also

• fangst

References

• “fange” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Plautdietsch

Verb

fange

1. to nab, to catch