fanger

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See also: Fanger and Fänger

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English fanger, equivalent to fang +‎ -er. Cognate with Old High German fangari (“fanger; one who takes”), German Fänger (“catcher”).

Noun[edit]

fanger (plural fangers)

  1. (now chiefly dialectal) A receiver.
  2. (obsolete) A helper; protector.

Danish[edit]

Verb[edit]

fanger

  1. present of fange

Noun[edit]

fanger

  1. indefinite plural of fange

North Frisian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Frisian finger. Cognates include West Frisian finger.

Noun[edit]

fanger m (plural fangern)

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) (anatomy) finger

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From the verb fange +‎ -er.

Noun[edit]

fanger m (definite singular fangeren, indefinite plural fangere, definite plural fangerne)

  1. a person or object that catches something, literally a catcher
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

fanger m pl

  1. indefinite plural of fange

Etymology 3[edit]

Verb[edit]

fanger

  1. present of fange

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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