gefangen.
caught
Meaning & usage
caught
imprisoned
trapped
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German gefangen, gevangen, from Old High German gifangan, from Proto-West Germanic *gafangan, past participle of *fą̄han, equivalent to ge- + fangen. Cognate with Middle Low German gevangen, Dutch gevangen.
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