Translation
the prison
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Word origin
From fangen ('to catch, to capture'), whose Germanic root also gives English fang.
- Origin
- Middle High German
- Root
- gevancnisse
- English cognates
- fang
Grammar
Examples
Dieb .
The thief was taken to prison.
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She visited her brother in prison.
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After two years in prison he was released.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 5, lesson 11: Words 481-491.