fångst

See also: fangst and fängst

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German vangst, from vangen (“to catch”). Doublet of fånga.

Noun

fångst c

1. catching (of animals)

   valfångst

   whaling ("whale catching")

2. a catch (caught animals, especially fish)

   Dagens fångst blev sju marulkar

   Today's catch was seven monkfish

3. (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

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	fångst	fångsts
	definite	fångsten	fångstens
plural	indefinite	fångster	fångsters
	definite	fångsterna	fångsternas

See also

• byte

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)