fange an

• anfange

Calque of German anfangen.

• IPA^(key): /faŋə an/, [fɑŋə ˈan], [fɑŋŋ̩ ˈan]

fange an (past tense fangede an, past participle fanget an)

1. (dated) to begin, start
   • 1999 January 26, Thomas Michelsen, “En frodig underskov”, in Information‎^[1]:

     1. sats slutter med brændingens smældende trompeter, og 2. sats fanger an med sitrende, varme sommerklange.

     The first movement ends with the cracking trumpets of the breakers, and the second movement begins with the shivering hot summer tones

   • 1919, Jeppe Aakjær, “Af min Hjemstavns Saga lidt bondehistorie”, in Samlede Værker, volume 5, page 228:

     Degnen havde fanget an med én Salme, men den fulde Møller for Løjers Skyld med en hel anden.

     The clerk has started with one hymn, but the drunken miller, jestfully, with a completely different one

• “fange,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

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fange an

1. inflection of anfangen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I