fahen
German, verb
fahen is spelled F-A-H-E-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 68 million words in written German, the 508,518th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fahen is a German verb meaning “catch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, Fähen is a different word: “plural of Fähe”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “einfangen, ergreifen, festhalten”.
What does fahen mean in English?
verb
- 1
datedcatch
noun
- 1
plural of Fähe
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. einfangen, ergreifen, festhalten 2. erlegen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of fahen
- fähet indicative present singular
- fahet indicative present singular
- gefangen participle past
- gefahen participle past
- gefahet participle past
- fahe present
- fähest present
- fähst present
- fäht present
- fieng past
- fieh past
- fahete past
- fienge subjunctive-ii
- fiehe subjunctive-ii
- fah! imperative singular
- fahe! imperative singular
- fahet! imperative plural
- haben auxiliary perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is fahen in German?
fahen appears about once in every 68 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).