different between fanger vs ganger

English

Etymology

From Middle English fanger, equivalent to fang +? -er. Cognate with Old High German fangari (“fanger; one who takes”).

Noun

fanger (plural fangers)

1. (now chiefly dialectal) A receiver.
2. (obsolete) A helper; protector.

Danish

Verb

fanger

1. present of fange

Noun

fanger

1. indefinite plural of fange

North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian finger. Cognates include West Frisian finger.

Noun

fanger m (plural fangern)

1. (Föhr-Amrum) (anatomy) finger

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From the verb fange +? -er

Noun

fanger m (definite singular fangeren, indefinite plural fangere, definite plural fangerne)

1. a person or object that catches something, literally a catcher

Derived terms

• hvalfanger
• solfanger
• støtfanger

Etymology 2

Noun

fanger m pl

1. indefinite plural of fange

Etymology 3

Verb

fanger

1. present of fange

See also

• fangar (Nynorsk)

References

• “fanger” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “fanger” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

English

Etymology

From Middle English ganger, from Old English gangere (“a ganger, footman”), equivalent to gang +? -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Gunger, West Frisian gonger, Dutch ganger, German Gänger, Danish gjænger, ganger, Swedish gängare, Icelandic gangari.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??æ??(?)/

Noun

ganger (plural gangers)

1. (chiefly Scotland) One who or that which walks or goes; a goer; a walker.
2. A horse that goes quickly.
3. One who oversees a gang of workmen.
   • 1996, Janette Turner Hospital, Oyster, Virago Press, paperback edition, page 159

     'My dad was a railway ganger.'

4. (coal-mining) One who is employed in conveying the coal through the gangways.
5. (nautical) A length of chain, one end of which is fastened to an anchor when let go, when the other end is fastened to a hawser.

Derived terms

• footganger
• foreganger

Anagrams

• Gagner, Grange, grange, nagger

Danish

Verb

ganger

1. present of gange

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch gagnere. Equivalent to gang +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???.??r/
• Hyphenation: gan?ger
• Rhymes: -???r

Noun

ganger m (plural gangers)

1. (obsolete outside of compounds) A pedestrian.

   Synonym: voetganger

Derived terms

• kettingganger
• kruisganger
• partijganger
• teenganger
• telganger
• voetganger
• zoolganger

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

ganger m

1. indefinite plural of gang

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse gangr, from Proto-Germanic *gangaz.

Noun

ganger m

1. act of walking
2. movement forward
3. path
4. turning

Declension

Descendants

• Swedish: gång