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Central Franconian
Etymology
From Old High German findan, from Proto-Germanic *finþaną, from Proto-Indo-European *pent-.
Pronunciation
Verb
fenge (third-person singular present fengk, preterite fong, past participle jefonge)
- (most of Ripuarian) to find
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Low German fengen.
Verb
fenge (imperative feng, present tense fenger, passive fenges, simple past fenga or fenget or fengte, past participle fenga or fenget or fengt, present participle fengende)
- to spark interest
- to captivate, fascinate
References
- “fenge” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “fenge_3” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Low German fengen.
Verb
fenge (present tense fenger, past tense fengde, past participle fengt, passive infinitive fengast, present participle fengande, imperative feng)
- to spark interest
- to captivate, fascinate
Etymology 2
Verb
fenge
- (non-standard since 2012) supine of få
References
Old English
Pronunciation
Verb
fēnge
- inflection of fōn:
- second-person singular preterite indicative
- singular preterite subjunctive