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Bavarian
- fånga (West Central Bavarian, South Central Bavarian)
Etymology
From Middle High German vāhen, from Old High German fāhan, from Proto-West Germanic *fą̄han, from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɔŋɐn/
- IPA(key): /ˈfɒ̃ŋɐn/, (Vienna)
- Hyphenation: fån‧gan
Verb
fångan (past participle gfångan) (East Central Bavarian, Vienna, Carinthia)
- (transitive) to catch (grab something flying in the air)
- (transitive) to catch; to capture (to take hold of a person or an animal)
- (reflexive) to improve in health; do well again; to do better
- (reflexive) to calm down; to compose oneself
- (with ane / oane and reflexive dative) to be slapped
Conjugation