fånga

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See also: fanga

Bavarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German vāhen, from Old High German fāhan, from Proto-West Germanic *fą̄han, from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔŋɐ/
  • Hyphenation: fån‧ga

Verb

fånga (past participle gfånga) (West Central Bavarian, South Central Bavarian)

  1. (transitive) to catch (grab something flying in the air)
  2. (transitive) to catch; to capture (to take hold of a person or an animal)
  3. (reflexive) to improve in health; do well again; to do better
  4. (reflexive) to calm down; to compose oneself
  5. (with ane / oane and reflexive dative) to be slapped

Conjugation

Conjugation of fånga
infinitive fånga
present tense past tense subjunctive
1st person sing. fång - fångad
2nd person sing. fångst - fångadst
3rd person sing. fångt - fångad
1st person plur. fånga - fångadn
2nd person plur. fångts - fångats
3rd person plur. fånga - fångadn
imperative sing. fång
imperative plur. fångts
past participle gfånga

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse fanga, influenced by (or partially borrowed from) Middle Low German vangene, all from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną (“to capture”).

Doublet of få (“receive”) and fång (“acquisition”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

fånga (present fångar, preterite fångade, supine fångat, imperative fånga)

  1. to catch
    Jag fångade bollen
    I caught the ball
    Hur många gäddor fångade ni?
    How many pike did you catch?
  2. to capture (literally or figuratively)
    Det är olagligt att fånga vilda djur
    It is illegal to capture wild animals
    Vi måste fånga in de förrymda djuren
    We have to capture the escaped animals ("in" is often used when the thing to be captured is known in advance – compare "bring in" and the like)
    Boken lyckas fånga stadens atmosfär
    The book manages to capture the atmosphere of the city

Usage notes

Contrary to intuition, fången is a form of the verb få.

Conjugation

Conjugation of fånga (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive fånga fångas
Supine fångat fångats
Imperative fånga —
Imper. plural1 fången —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative fångar fångade fångas fångades
Ind. plural1 fånga fångade fångas fångades
Subjunctive2 fånge fångade fånges fångades
Participles
Present participle fångande
Past participle fångad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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References

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