# fange
## Danish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /faŋə/, [ˈfɑŋə], [ˈfɑŋŋ̩]

### Etymology 1

From Old Danish fange, borrowed from Middle Low German vangen (“to catch”), from vān, from Old Saxon fahan. Doublet of få (“to get”).

#### Verb

fange (past tense fangede, past participle fanget, c fangen, definite or plural fangne)
* to catch, to capture
    Jeg kan fange fisk.I can catch fish.

##### Derived terms

* anfange
* fange an
* fanger
* fangst
* friskfanget
* opfange

##### References

* “fange,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

### Etymology 2

From Old Danish fange, borrowed from Middle Low German vangen (“captive”), a past participle of vangen, vān (“to catch”), from Old Saxon fahan.
Compare German Gefangener (“captive”). Late Old Norse fangi and Swedish fånga are also borrowed from Low German.

#### Noun

fange c (singular definite fangen, plural indefinite fanger)
* prisoner, captive

##### Derived terms

* fangehul
* fangekælder
* fangelejr
* fangevogter
* krigsfange
* kz-fange
* tage til fange

##### References

* “fange,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Middle French fange, from Old French fange (“mud, addle, mire”), from Vulgar Latin *fanga ~ *fangus (“mud”) of Germanic origin, see there for more. Compare Spanish and Italian fango m. Doublet of fagne (“marshland, fen”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fɑ̃ʒ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

fange f (plural fanges) (literary)
* filth, mire
* (figurative) filth, baseness, debauchery
* (archaic) fen, swamp

#### Derived terms

* fangeux

#### Related terms

* fagne

### Further reading

* “fange”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfaŋə/
* Rhymes: -aŋə

### Verb

fange
* inflection of fangen:
** first-person singular present
** first/third-person singular subjunctive I

## 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)
* convict, inmate, prisoner

##### Derived terms

* fangeleir
* fangevokter
* krigsfange
* politisk fange
* straffange

### Etymology 2

From Middle Low German vangen. Doublet of få.

#### Verb

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

##### Derived terms

* fanger (noun)

### See also

* fangst

### References

* “fange” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²fɑŋːə/

### Etymology 1

From late Old Norse fanga from Middle Low German vangen. Doublet of få.

#### Alternative forms

* fanga (a-infinitive)

#### Verb

fange (present tense fangar, past tense fanga, past participle fanga, passive infinitive fangast, present participle fangande, imperative fange/fang)
* to catch, to capture
* (archaic) to receive

##### Derived terms

* bondefange

##### Related terms

* fangst
* få

### Etymology 2

From late Old Norse fangi, from Middle Low German vangene.

#### Noun

fange m (definite singular fangen, indefinite plural fangar, definite plural fangane)
* convict, inmate, prisoner

##### Derived terms

* fangeleir
* krigsfange
* livstidsfange
* medfange
* politisk fange
* samvettsfange, samvitsfange
* sikringsfange
* soningsfange
* straffange, straff-fange
* varetektsfange

### References

* 1 2 “fange” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* fagne, fange, fegna, fenga

## Pennsylvania German
### Etymology

From Middle High German vāhen, from Old High German fāhan, from Proto-West Germanic *fą̄han. Compare German fangen, Dutch vangen.

### Verb

fange
* to catch, to seize

## Plautdietsch
### Etymology

From Old Saxon fahan.

### Verb

fange
* to nab, to catch

## Saterland Frisian
### Etymology

From Old Frisian fā, from Proto-West Germanic *fą̄han. Cognates include West Frisian fange and German fangen.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfaŋə/
* Hyphenation: fan‧ge
* Rhymes: -aŋə

### Verb

fange
* (transitive) to catch

#### Derived terms

* undfange

### References

* Marron C. Fort (2015) “fange”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

## West Frisian
### Etymology

From Old Frisian fā, from Proto-West Germanic *fą̄han.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfaŋə/

### Verb

fange
* to catch

#### Further reading

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