fange.
to catch, to capture
Meaning & usage
to catch, to capture
Jeg kan fange fisk.
Where this word comes from
From Old Danish fange, borrowed from Middle Low German vangen (“to catch”), from vān, from Old Saxon fahan. Doublet of få (“to get”).
prisoner, captive
Where this word comes from
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.
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