dagen

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English

Noun

dagen (plural dagens)

  1. Alternative spelling of degen

Anagrams

Danish

Noun

dagen

  1. definite singular of dag

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch dāgen, from Old Dutch *dagon, from Proto-West Germanic *dagēn, from Proto-Germanic *dagāną.

Verb

dagen

  1. (intransitive) to dawn
  2. (transitive) to light, illuminate, color by lighting
  3. (intransitive) to rise
  4. (intransitive) to start, begin
  5. (intransitive) to begin to become understood
  6. (transitive, law) to subpoena, summon to appear in court
  7. (transitive) to call, summon to battle, notably against uproar
Conjugation
Conjugation of dagen (weak)
infinitive dagen
past singular daagde
past participle gedaagd
infinitive dagen
gerund dagen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular daag daagde
2nd person sing. (jij) daagt, daag2 daagde
2nd person sing. (u) daagt daagde
2nd person sing. (gij) daagt daagde
3rd person singular daagt daagde
plural dagen daagden
subjunctive sing.1 dage daagde
subjunctive plur.1 dagen daagden
imperative sing. daag
imperative plur.1 daagt
participles dagend gedaagd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Synonyms

(dawn):

(light):

(rise):

(start):

(summon):

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

dagen

  1. plural of dag

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *dagon, from Proto-West Germanic *dagēn.

Verb

dāgen

  1. to dawn, to become day
  2. to rest (a horse)
  3. to let someone wait, to delay
  4. to summon to appear on a certain day
  5. to summon to a court

Inflection

Weak
Infinitive dāgen
3rd sg. past —
3rd pl. past —
Past participle —
Infinitive dāgen
In genitive dāgens
In dative dāgene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular dāge —
2nd singular dāechs, dāges —
3rd singular dāecht, dāget —
1st plural dāgen —
2nd plural dāecht, dāget —
3rd plural dāgen —
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular dāge —
2nd singular dāechs, dāges —
3rd singular dāge —
1st plural dāgen —
2nd plural dāecht, dāget —
3rd plural dāgen —
Imperative Present
Singular dāech, dāge
Plural dāecht, dāget
Present Past
Participle dāgende —

Descendants

  • Dutch: dagen
  • Limburgish: dage

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

dagen m

  1. definite singular of dag

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

dagen m

  1. definite singular of dag

Swedish

Alternative forms

Noun

dagen

  1. definite singular of dag

Anagrams

West Frisian

Noun

dagen

  1. plural of dei
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