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nagen

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Dupaningan Agta

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Noun

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nagen

  1. name

German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German nagen, from Old High German nagan, gnagan, from Proto-Germanic *gnaganą. Cognate with English nag and gnaw.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈnaːɡən/, [ˈnaːɡŋ̩]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: na‧gen
  • Rhymes: -aːɡn̩

Verb

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nagen (weak, third-person singular present nagt, past tense nagte, past participle genagt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to gnaw

Conjugation

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Hyponyms

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • nagen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • nagen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • nagen” in Duden online
  • nagen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Middle High German

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old High German nagan, from Proto-West Germanic *gnagan, from Proto-Germanic *gnaganą.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈnaɡən/

Verb

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nagen (class 6 strong, third-person singular present neget or neit, past tense nuoc, past participle genagen, past subjunctive nüege, auxiliary hān)

  1. to gnaw

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • German: nagen

References

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  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “nagen”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel