vang

See also: Vang, váng, vàng, vâng, văng, and vắng

English

Alternative forms

• fank, fang

Etymology 1

From Middle English vangen, southern variant of fangen (“to seize, catch”), from Old English fōn (“to take, grasp, seize, catch, capture, make prisoner, receive, accept, assume, undertake, meet with, encounter”), and Old Norse fanga (“to fetch, capture”), both from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną, *fangōną (“to catch, capture”), from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂ḱ- (“to fasten, place”).

Cognate with West Frisian fange (“to catch”), Dutch vangen (“to catch”), German fangen (“to catch”), Danish fange (“to catch”). More at fang.

Verb

vang (third-person singular simple present vangs, present participle vanging, simple past and past participle vanged)

1. (dialectal or obsolete) To take; undertake for.
2. (dialectal, as a godparent) To undertake for at the baptismal font; be godfather or godmother to.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Dutch vangen (“to catch”). Ultimately a doublet of etymology one.

Noun

vang (plural vangs)

1. (nautical) A line extended down from the end of a gaff, used to regulate its position
   • 2013, Frank Bethwaite, Fast Handling Technique, page 141:

     Having the vang and the Cunningham in the right spot can be beneficial.

Hyponyms

• boom vang

Translations

line down from the end of a gaff

Finnish: ahdin (fi) Hebrew: גִּיד (he) m (gid)

Verb

vang (third-person singular simple present vangs, present participle vanging, simple past and past participle vanged)

1. (sailing) To flatten the sail and regulate its position with such a line.
   • 1998 February, Yachting, page 62:

     On a catamaran, the curved track has enough beam to allow the mainsheet to vang the boom throughout its entire arc.

   • 1999 January, Cruising World, volume 25, number 1, page 80:

     The Patented Hoyt Jib Boom adds to offwind speed by vanging the jib and acting as a built in whisker pole.

   • 2018, Henry R. Danielson, Island People: Finding Our Way:

     We needed to vang the main, pull it down to flatten it, and make it more efficient.

Anagrams

• AVGN

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *uang-, from Proto-Indo-European *wen(H)g- (“to be bent, curved”). Cognate to Lithuanian vi̇̀ngis (“bow, crooking”) and Old High German wankon (“to shake, totter, stagger”). See Proto-Germanic *wangaz (“meadow, pasture”) for more cognates.

Noun

vang m

1. (b)rim, felloe

Derived terms

• vëngëroj
• vëngër

Related terms

• vëth

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse vangr.

Noun

vang c (singular definite vangen, plural indefinite vange)

1. (dated, poetic or solemn) a meadow; an uncultivated, grassy piece of land

   Coordinate term: vænge

Declension

Declension of vang

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vang	vangen	vange	vangene
genitive	vangs	vangens	vanges	vangenes

References

• “vang” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɑŋ/

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• Hyphenation: vang
• Rhymes: -ɑŋ

Etymology 1

From vangen.

Noun

vang f (plural vangen)

1. the brake wheel of a windmill, a brake

Alternative forms

• vange (archaic)

Derived terms

• bandvang
• blokvang
• stutvang
• vangstok
• vangstuk
• vangtouw
• Vlaamse vang

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vang

1. inflection of vangen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative