drage

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• draan, droon (chiefly Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʀaːɣə/

Verb

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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drage

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Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ,

Noun

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

Etymology 2

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

• IPA^(key): ,

Verb

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

Etymology 3

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

Alternative forms

• dragé

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

drage c (singular definite drageen, plural indefinite drageer)

1. dragée

Inflection

Dutch

Verb

drage

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

Norwegian Bokmål

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drage

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Drage (leketøy)

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Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• drake

Noun

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

1. a dragon
2. a kite

Etymology 2

Verb

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 form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by dra

References

• “drage” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²drɑːɡɑ/

Verb

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

Derived terms

• å dragast
• dragkamp
• oppdra

References

• “drage” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Noun

drage

1. plural of dragă

Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

drage

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

Noun

drage (Cyrillic spelling драге)

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of draga

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian draga, from Proto-Germanic *draganą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdraɣə/

Verb

drage

1. to carry

Inflection

Further reading

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