fanger

See also: Fanger and Fänger

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)

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

Danish

Verb

fanger

1. present of fange

Noun

fanger

1. indefinite plural of fange

North Frisian

Alternative forms

• fainger (Mooring)
• Finger (Sylt)

Etymology

From Old Frisian finger. Cognates include West Frisian finger.

Noun

fanger m (plural fangern)

1. (Föhr-Amrum) finger

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From the verb fange +‎ -er.

Noun

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

1. a person or object that catches something, literally a catcher

Derived terms

• hvalfanger
• solfanger
• støtfanger

Etymology 2

Noun

fanger m pl

1. indefinite plural of fange

Etymology 3

Verb

fanger

1. present of fange

See also

• fangar (Nynorsk)

References

• “fanger” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “fanger” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).