fassen
German (Berlin)
/ˈfasn̩/
verb-weak
Definitions
- to gird, to surround, to confine into a form
- to grasp, to catch
- to seize, to capture
- (reflexive) to compose oneself to calm, to free from agitation
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German vazzen inherited from Old High German fazzōn (grasp, touch) inherited from Proto-Germanic *fatōną (hold, seize, fetch, sieze).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*fatōną
Gloss
hold, seize, fetch, sieze
Concept
Semantic Field
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Ontological Category
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- farfet English
- farfetch English
- fet English
- fetch English
- fetchable English
- fetcher English
- fetchest English
- fetcheth English
- fetching English
- fetchy English
- forthfet English
- prefetch English
- refetch English
- Abfassung German
- Auffassung German
- Fassung German
- Fassungsvermögen German
- Fuß German
- Fuß fassen German
- Kinofassung German
- Urfassung German
- Zusammenfassung German
- abfassen German
- anfassen German
- auffassen German
- befassen German
- erfassen German
- fassbar German
- fasslich German
- fassungslos German
- gemeinfasslich German
- umfassen German
- unfassbar German
- verfassen German
- zusammenfassen German
- фасовать Russian
- *ped- Proto-Indo-European
- omfatte Norwegian Bokmål
- oppfatte Norwegian Bokmål
- *fatōną Proto-Germanic
- *fetaną Proto-Germanic
- fasować Polish
- fata Norwegian Nynorsk
- omfatte Norwegian Nynorsk
- oppfatte Norwegian Nynorsk
- feccan Old English
- fetian Old English
- feċċan Old English
- fecchen Middle English
- fetten Middle English
- fata Old Norse
- omfatte Danish
- fazzōn Old High German
- fazzunge Middle High German
- vazzen Middle High German
- verfazzen Middle High German
- afaassen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- erfaassen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- faassen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- opfaassen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *faton Old Dutch
- bassan Cimbrian
- fatia Old Frisian
- faten Low German