vang

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.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Dutch vangen (“to catch”).

Anagrams

• AVGN

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *uang-, from Proto-Indo-European *wen(H)g- (“to be bent, curved”). Cognate to Lithuanian vìngis (“bow, crooking”) and Old High German wankon (“to shake, totter, stagger”).

Noun

vang m

1. (b)rim, felloe

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɑŋ

Verb

vang

1. first-person singular present indicative of vangen
2. imperative of vangen

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɑːŋ/

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Etymology

From Old Norse vangr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋɑŋː/

Noun

vang m (definite singular vangen, indefinite plural vangar, definite plural vangane)

1. a meadow, grassy area, grassy plain
   • 1868, Henrik Krohn, "Han Trond i Fjelli":

     […] fraa Hesten, som kneggjad til honom paa Vangen.

     […] from the horse, that neighed to him on the meadow.

References

• “vang” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [vaːŋ˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [vaːŋ˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [vʲaːŋ˧˧]

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French vin.

Etymology 3