drage

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See also: dragé

Central Franconian

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Etymology

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From Middle High German dragen, from Old High German *dragan, northern variant of tragan, from Proto-Germanic *draganą.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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drage (third-person singular present drät, past tense drooch, past participle jedrage)

  1. (most of Ripuarian) to carry, bear, wear

Danish

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse dreki, borrowed from Middle Low German drake, from Proto-West Germanic *drakō.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈd̥ʁɑːwə], [ˈd̥ʁɑːʊ]

Noun

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drage c (singular definite dragen, plural indefinite drager)

  1. dragon (legendary creature)
  2. drake (a small type of wingless dragon)
  3. kite
  4. hang glider (unpowered aircraft)
  5. dragon keelboat
  6. Viking longship
Inflection
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Etymology 2

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From Old Norse draga, from Proto-Germanic *draganą, cognate with English draw and drag and German tragen. The Germanic verb goes back to Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- (pull, draw, drag), cf. Ancient Greek τρέχω (trékhō, to run) (Latin trahō (to pull) has a problematic t-).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈd̥ʁɑːwə], [ˈd̥ʁɑːʊ]

Verb

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drage (present tense drager, past tense drog, past participle draget, c dragen, definite or plural dragne)

  1. draw
  2. attract, allure
  3. go, march, travel
Conjugation
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Etymology 3

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From French dragée, via Latin tragēmata n pl (dried fruits) from Ancient Greek τραγήματα n pl (tragḗmata, dried fruits, sweetmeats).

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Noun

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drage c (singular definite drageen, plural indefinite drageer)

  1. dragée
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Dutch

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Verb

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drage

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of dragen

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

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From Danish drage, from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn) and Old Norse dreki.

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Noun

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drage m (definite singular dragen, indefinite plural drager, definite plural dragene)

  1. a dragon
  2. a kite

Etymology 2

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Verb

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drage (present tense drager, past tense drog or dro, past participle draget or dragen)

  1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by dra

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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  • draga (a and split infinitives)
  • dra (short form)

Etymology

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From Old Norse draga, from Proto-Germanic *draganą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ-.

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Verb

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drage (present tense dreg, past tense drog, supine drege, past participle dregen, present participle dragande, imperative drag)

  1. to pull; drag
  2. to leave; depart; go
    å drage på ferie
    to go on holiday

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Old English

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdrɑ.ɡe/, [ˈdrɑ.ɣe]

Verb

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drage

  1. inflection of dragan:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. singular present subjunctive

Romanian

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Noun

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drage

  1. plural of dragă

Serbo-Croatian

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Adjective

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drage

  1. inflection of drag:
    1. masculine accusative plural
    2. feminine genitive singular
    3. feminine nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Noun

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drage (Cyrillic spelling драге)

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of draga

West Frisian

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Etymology

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From Old Frisian draga, from Proto-West Germanic *dragan.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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drage

  1. to carry

Inflection

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Strong class 6
infinitive drage
3rd singular past droech
past participle dragen
infinitive drage
long infinitive dragen
gerund dragen n
auxiliary hawwe
indicative present tense past tense
1st singular draach droech
2nd singular draachst droechst
3rd singular draacht droech
plural drage droegen
imperative draach
participles dragend dragen

Further reading

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  • drage”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011