fassen

Etymology
From, from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1) to gird, to surround, to confine into a form
 * 2) to grasp, to catch
 * 3) to seize, to capture
 * 4)  to compose oneself to calm, to free from agitation
 * 5)  to accept, to believe (a misfortune)
 * 1)  to compose oneself to calm, to free from agitation
 * 2)  to accept, to believe (a misfortune)
 * 1)  to accept, to believe (a misfortune)
 * 1)  to accept, to believe (a misfortune)

Usage notes

 * In the 2nd and 3rd person singular present, the standard form is fasst. An alternative umlauted form, fässt, is used colloquially in parts of northern Germany due to hypercorrection.