fanger

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English fanger, equivalent to fang (“to catch”) +‎ -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Fanger (“catcher”), West Frisian fanger (“catcher”), Dutch vanger (“catcher”), German Low German Fänger (“catcher”), German Fänger (“catcher”), Swedish fångare (“catcher”). === Noun === fanger (plural fangers) (now chiefly dialectal) A receiver. (obsolete) A helper; protector. == Danish == === Verb === fanger present of fange === Noun === fanger 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) (Föhr-Amrum) finger == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology 1 === From the verb fange +‎ -er. ==== Noun ==== fanger m (definite singular fangeren, indefinite plural fangere, definite plural fangerne) a person or object that catches something, literally a catcher ===== Derived terms ===== hvalfanger solfanger støtfanger === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== fanger m pl indefinite plural of fange === Etymology 3 === ==== Verb ==== fanger present of fange === See also === fangar (Nynorsk) === References === “fanger” in The Bokmål Dictionary. “fanger” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).