vahen

See also: Vahen

Middle High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German fāhan, from Proto-West Germanic *fą̄han.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈvaːhən/, /ˈfaːhən/

Verb

vāhen (class 7 strong, third-person singular present vāhet or væhet, past tense vienc, past participle gevangen, past subjunctive vienge, auxiliary hān)

  1. to catch, to take, to seize

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • German: fangen

References

  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “vāhen”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
  • "vāhen" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)