ryge

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse rjúka, from Proto-Germanic *reukaną, cognate with Swedish ryka, English reek, German riechen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ryːə/, [ˈʁyːy]

Verb

ryge (past tense røg, past participle røget)

1. (intransitive) to smoke (to give off smoke)
2. (transitive) to smoke (to inhale and exhale tobacco smoke, to do so regularly or habitually)
3. (transitive) to smoke (to preserve food with smoke)

   Synonym: røge

4. (intransitive) to go, fall (quickly or suddenly)

Conjugation

Conjugation of ryge

active passive present ryger ryges past røg — infinitive ryge ryges imperative ryg — participle present rygende past røget (auxiliary verb have or være) gerund rygen

Derived terms

• ryge af
• ryger
• rygning
• ryge ud

References

• “ryge” in Den Danske Ordbog

Old English

Alternative forms

• ryġi — early

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *rugi, from Proto-Germanic *rugiz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wrugʰyo- (compare Russian рожь (rožʹ) and Old Prussian rugis).

See also Old Frisian rogga (West Frisian rogge), Old Saxon roggo (Low German Rogg), Dutch rogge, Old High German rocko (German Roggen, Rocken), Old Norse rugr (Danish rug, Swedish råg).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈry.je/

Noun

ryġe m

1. rye

Derived terms

• ruġern (“rye-harvest; the name of a month”)

Descendants

• Middle English: rye, rie, reye, reyghe, reyhe, ruye
  • English: rye
  • Scots: ry
  • Yola: ree
• →? Middle Welsh: ryc
  • Welsh: rhyg