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Yes. The word vang is a Scrabble US word. The word vang is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word vang is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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4-letter words (1 found)

VANG,

3-letter words (5 found)

GAN,NAG,NAV,VAG,VAN,

2-letter words (3 found)

AG,AN,NA,

You can make 9 words from vang according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of vang

vang avng vnag nvag anvg navg vagn avgn vgan gvan agvn gavn vnga nvga vgna gvna ngva gnva angv nagv agnv ganv ngav gnav

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word vang. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in vang.

Definitions and meaning of vang

vang

Alternative forms

  • fank, fang

Etymology 1

From Middle English vangen, southern variant of fangen (“to seize, catch”), from Old English fōn (“to take, grasp, seize, catch, capture, make prisoner, receive, accept, assume, undertake, meet with, encounter”), and Old Norse fanga (“to fetch, capture”), both from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną, *fangōną (“to catch, capture”), from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂ḱ- (“to fasten, place”).

Cognate with West Frisian fange (“to catch”), Dutch vangen (“to catch”), German fangen (“to catch”), Danish fange (“to catch”). More at fang.

Verb

vang (third-person singular simple present vangs, present participle vanging, simple past and past participle vanged)

  1. (dialectal or obsolete) To take; undertake for.
  2. (dialectal, as a godparent) To undertake for at the baptismal font; be godfather or godmother to.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Dutch vangen (“to catch”). Ultimately a doublet of etymology one.

Noun

vang (plural vangs)

  1. (nautical) A line extended down from the end of a gaff, used to regulate its position
Hyponyms
  • boom vang
Translations

Verb

vang (third-person singular simple present vangs, present participle vanging, simple past and past participle vanged)

  1. (sailing) To flatten the sail and regulate its position with such a line.

Anagrams

  • AVGN

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *uang-, from Proto-Indo-European *wen(H)g- (“to be bent, curved”). Cognate to Lithuanian vìngis (“bow, crooking”) and Old High German wankon (“to shake, totter, stagger”).

Noun

vang m

  1. (b)rim, felloe

Derived terms

  • vëngëroj
  • vëngër

Related terms

  • vëth

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse vangr.

Noun

vang

  1. a meadow; an uncultivated, grassy piece of land

Declension

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɑŋ/
  • Hyphenation: vang
  • Rhymes: -ɑŋ

Etymology 1

From vangen.

Noun

vang f (plural vangen)

  1. The brake wheel of a windmill, a brake.
Alternative forms
  • vange (archaic)
Derived terms
  • bandvang
  • blokvang
  • stutvang
  • vangstok
  • vangstuk
  • vangtouw
  • Vlaamse vang

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vang

  1. inflection of vangen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German vangen or Swedish fånge.

Noun

vang (genitive vangi, partitive vangi)

  1. prisoner
  2. captive

Declension

References

Further reading

  • “vang”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
  • “vang”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • “vang”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
  • vang in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Khumi Chin

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vã˧/

Noun

vang

  1. village

References

  • K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin‎[1], Payap University, page 44

Mizo

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɑːŋ/

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

vang

  1. scarce
  2. rare

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Alternative forms

  • vàng

Noun

vang

  1. cause
  2. reason

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse vangr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋɑŋː/

Noun

vang m (definite singular vangen, indefinite plural vangar, definite plural vangane)

  1. a meadow, grassy area, grassy plain

References

  • “vang” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Noun

vang

  1. accusative singular of vangr

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [vaːŋ˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [vaːŋ˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [vaːŋ˧˧] ~ [jaːŋ˧˧]

Etymology 1

Verb

vang • (㘇)

  1. to echo; to resound
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French vin.

Noun

vang

  1. (colloquial) Short for rượu vang (“wine”).

Etymology 3

From Austronesian. Cognate with Muong Bi pang, Malay sepang, Khmer ស្បែង (sbaeng), Chinese 蘇枋／苏枋 (sūfāng).

Noun

(classifier cây) vang • (榮, 𣞁, 㮠)

  1. sappanwood (Biancaea sappan)

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