befangen

== German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bəˈfaŋən/ === Etymology 1 === From Middle High German bevāhen, from Old High German bifāhan, from Proto-West Germanic *bifą̄han. Equivalent to be- +‎ fangen. The homonymic past participle is continued as adjective. ==== Verb ==== befangen (class 7 strong, third-person singular present befängt, past tense befing, past participle befangen, auxiliary haben) (obsolete, literally and figuratively) to apprehend, to seize, to grasp, to conceive (obsolete) to encompass, to surround ===== Conjugation ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle High German bevangen, from Old High German bifangan, from Proto-West Germanic *bifangan. Synchronically, the past participle of etymology 1. ==== Adjective ==== befangen (strong nominative masculine singular befangener, comparative befangener, superlative am befangensten) (also law) biased, prejudiced (literary) bashful, shy, self-conscious (literary) caught up, stuck, trapped (in a mindset, of a person) Synonym: gefangen ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== Befangenheit === Further reading === “befangen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “befangen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “befangen” in Duden online “befangen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /beˈfɑn.ɡen/, [beˈfɑŋ.ɡen] === Participle === befangen past participle of befōn