clagen
Middle Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Dutch clagon, from Proto-West Germanic *klagōn (“to lament, complain”). Equivalent to clāge + -en.
Verb
[edit]clāgen
Inflection
[edit]| infinitive | base form | clāgen | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| genitive | clāgens | ||||||
| dative | clāgene | ||||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||||
| present | past | present | past | ||||
| 1st person singular | clāge | — | clāge | — | |||
| 2nd person singular | clāechs, clāges | — | clāechs, clāges | — | |||
| 3rd person singular | clāecht, clāget | — | clāge | — | |||
| 1st person plural | clāgen | — | clāgen | — | |||
| 2nd person plural | clāecht, clāget | — | clāecht, clāget | — | |||
| 3rd person plural | clāgen | — | clāgen | — | |||
| imperative | |||||||
| singular | clāech, clāge | ||||||
| plural | clāecht, clāget | ||||||
| present | past | ||||||
| participle | clāgende | — | |||||
Descendants
[edit]- Dutch: klagen
Further reading
[edit]- “claghen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “clagen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN