fånga

• fångan (East Central Bavarian, Vienna, Carinthia)

From Middle High German vāhen, from Old High German fāhan, from Proto-West Germanic *fą̄han, from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔŋɐ/
• Hyphenation: fån‧ga

fånga (past participle gfånga) (West Central Bavarian, South Central Bavarian)

1. (transitive) to catch (grab something flying in the air)
2. (transitive) to catch; to capture (to take hold of a person or an animal)
3. (reflexive) to improve in health; do well again; to do better
4. (reflexive) to calm down; to compose oneself
5. (with ane / oane and reflexive dative) to be slapped

From Old Norse fanga, influenced by (or partially borrowed from) Middle Low German vangene, all from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną (“to capture”).

Doublet of få (“receive”) and fång (“acquisition”).

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fånga (present fångar, preterite fångade, supine fångat, imperative fånga)

1. to catch

   Jag fångade bollen

   I caught the ball

   Hur många gäddor fångade ni?

   How many pike did you catch?

2. to capture (literally or figuratively)

   Det är olagligt att fånga vilda djur

   It is illegal to capture wild animals

   Vi måste fånga in de förrymda djuren

   We have to capture the escaped animals ("in" is often used when the thing to be captured is known in advance – compare "bring in" and the like)

   Boken lyckas fånga stadens atmosfär

   The book manages to capture the atmosphere of the city

Contrary to intuition, fången is a form of the verb få.

• fånga in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• fånga in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• fånga in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)