fangen

Sentences

Kannst du einen Ball hinterm Rücken
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fangen ?

Can you catch a ball behind your back?

(class-7, strong, transitive) to catch (grab something flying in the air)
(class-7, strong, transitive) to catch; to capture (to take hold of a person or an animal)
(class-7, reflexive, strong) to improve in health; do well again; to do better
(class-7, reflexive, strong) to calm down; to compose oneself
(class-7, colloquial, dative, reflexive, strong, transitive) to catch (a disease; something unpleasant)
(class-7, colloquial, dative, reflexive, strong) to be slapped

captivate

take hold of

grab onto

become popular

lay one’s hands on

put into order

take prisoner

react to

stop the blow

catch hold of

habhaft werden

gefangen nehmen

perzipieren

gemeinschaftlich jagen

mit den Händen fassen

mit einer Falle fangen

hochgehen lassen

hoppnehmen

auffliegen lassen

kaschen

arripieren

zu fassen kriegen

hops nehmen

abbrühen

am Schlaffitchen packen

Frequency

Basel-Landschaft

fange

Basel-Landschaft

foo

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfaŋən/

Inherited from Middle High German

Inherited from Old High German

Cognate with Dutch

Cognate with Swedish

Cognate with Western Frisian

Cognate with Danish

Cognate with English

Cognate with Albanian

In summary

From Middle High German vāhen, from Old High German fāhan, a strong verb with past forms fieng, gefangan, from Proto-West Germanic *fą̄han, from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną. The present stem fang- is derived from the past forms. This development spread from Middle Low German vangen to Central German dialects of early modern German (compare already Old Saxon fangan alongside fāhan). The same happened in hängen (< hāhen), in which, however, the development was reinforced by the existence of two variant verbs and therefore established itself much faster than it did in fangen. (Still today foo is used in many dialects of Swiss German.) Cognate to German Low German fangen (“to catch”), Dutch vangen (“to catch”), Swedish få (“to get, receive”), West Frisian fange (“to catch”), Danish få (“to get, receive”), English fang (“to lay hold of”), Albanian peng (“to hinder, hold captive”).

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fangen

Sentences

Kannst du einen Ball hinterm Rücken
🔙

fangen ?

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Pronounced as (IPA)