# Fahnen vs fangen

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Fahnen
*noun · IPA [ˈfaːnən] · frequency rank #10,079*
Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Fahne

### fangen
*verb · IPA [ˈfaŋən] · frequency rank #4,270*
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## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/fahnen-vs-fangen