fængsel

== Danish == === Etymology === Equivalent to fange (“to capture”) +‎ -sel (“act of”). From Old Danish fengelse (“prison”), borrowed from Middle Low German vangnisse, vengnisse, cf. German Gefängnis. Icelandic fangelsi and Swedish fängelse are also borrowed from Low German. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɛŋˀsəl/, [ˈfɛŋˀsl̩] Rhymes: -ɛŋˀsəl === Noun === fængsel n (singular definite fængslet or fængselet, plural indefinite fængsler) prison (place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== fængsle