trägen

See also: tragen and Tragen

German

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Adjective

trägen

1. inflection of träge:
   1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
   2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
   3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
   4. strong dative plural
   5. weak/mixed all-case plural

Swedish

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly past participle of träga (“bereave”). Compare Old English trega, tregian, Icelandic trega, tregi. Possibly derived from Old Norse tregr. Compare origin of Danish træg, German träge.

Adjective

trägen (comparative trägnare, superlative trägnast)

1. persistent

Declension

Inflection of trägen

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	trägen	trägnare	trägnast
neuter singular	träget	trägnare	trägnast
plural	trägna	trägnare	trägnast
masculine plural2	trägne	trägnare	trägnast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	trägne	trägnare	trägnaste
all	trägna	trägnare	trägnaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Derived terms

• trägenhet

Further reading

• trägen in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• trägen in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)