undfange

From Old Danish undfange, formally = und- (“away”) +‎ fange (“to catch”). Borrowed from Middle Low German entvangen, Middle Low German untfangen, cf. German empfangen (“to receive, conceive”). The second part of this word is Proto-Germanic *fanhaną (“to take, catch”).

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undfange (imperative undfang, infinitive at undfange, present tense undfanger, past tense undfangede, perfect tense har undfanget)

1. to conceive (a child or an idea)

• undfangelse

From Old Frisian , from Proto-West Germanic *andafą̄han, equivalent to und- +‎ fange (“catch”). Cognates include Dutch ontvangen and German empfangen.

• IPA^(key): /ʊndˈfaŋə/
• Hyphenation: und‧fan‧ge
• Rhymes: -aŋə

undfange

1. (transitive) to receive
2. (transitive) to conceive (of a child)
   • 2000, Marron C. Fort, transl., Dät Näie Tästamänt un do Psoolme in ju aasterlauwerfräiske Uurtoal fon dät Seelterlound, Fräislound, Butjoarlound, Aastfräislound un do Groninger Umelounde [The New Testament and the Psalms in the East Frisian language, native to Saterland, Friesland, Butjadingen, East Frisia and the Ommelanden of Groningen], →ISBN, Dät Evangelium ätter Matthäus 1:23:

     Sjooët, n Maiden skäl n Bäiden undfange, n Súun skäl ju uurwinne, un man skäl him dän Nome Immanuel reke, dät hat uursät: God is mäd uus.

     Behold, a virgin shall become pregnant with a child, she will give birth to a son, and they shall give him the name Immanuel, which is translated: God is with us.

• Marron C. Fort (2015) “undfange”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN