fanger
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English
Etymology
From Middle English fanger, equivalent to fang + -er. Cognate with Old High German fangari (“fanger; one who takes”), German Fänger (“catcher”).
Noun
fanger (plural fangers)
Danish
Verb
fanger
Noun
fanger
North Frisian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Frisian finger. Cognates include West Frisian finger.
Noun
fanger m (plural fangern)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
Noun
fanger m (definite singular fangeren, indefinite plural fangere, definite plural fangerne)
- a person or object that catches something, literally a catcher
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
fanger m pl
Etymology 3
Verb
fanger
See also
- fangar (Nynorsk)
References
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