fassen

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German vazzen, from Old High German fazzōn, from Proto-West Germanic *fatōn, from Proto-Germanic *fatōną (“to fetch, hold”). Cognate with English fetch. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfasn̩/, /ˈfasən/ Hyphenation: fas‧sen === Verb === fassen (weak, third-person singular present fasst or (nonstandard) fässt, past tense fasste, past participle gefasst, auxiliary haben) to gird, to surround, to confine into a form to grasp, to catch Synonyms: greifen, packen to seize, to capture Synonym: ergreifen (reflexive) to compose oneself (to calm, to free from agitation) Synonym: beruhigen (intransitive, usually negative) to accept, to believe (a misfortune) to express, put, formulate, define ==== Usage notes ==== In the 2nd and 3rd person singular present, the standard form is fasst. An alternative umlauted form, fässt, is used colloquially in parts of northern Germany due to hypercorrection. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Polish: fasować === Further reading === “fassen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “fassen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “fassen” in Duden online “fassen” in OpenThesaurus.de