fångst
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German vangst, from vangen (“to catch”). Doublet of fånga.
Noun
fångst c
- catching (of animals)
- valfångst
- whaling ("whale catching")
- a catch (caught animals, especially fish)
- Dagens fångst blev sju marulkar
- Today's catch was seven monkfish
- (figuratively) a catch, a haul (something (more or less figuratively) caught, more generally)
- Polisen hade en bra dag. Dagens fångst blev sju inbrottstjuvar.
- The police had a good day. Today's catch was seven burglars.
Declension
| Declension of fångst | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | fångst | fångsten | fångster | fångsterna |
| Genitive | fångsts | fångstens | fångsters | fångsternas |
See also
References
- fångst in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- fångst in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- fångst in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- fång in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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