drage

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See also: dragé

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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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Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

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

Pronunciation

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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Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

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 form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by dra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

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

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

References

Old English

Pronunciation

Verb

drage

  1. inflection of dragan:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. singular present subjunctive

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-West Germanic *dragan.

Pronunciation

Verb

drage

  1. to carry

Inflection

Strong class 6
infinitive drage
3rd singular past droech
past participle dragen
infinitive drage
long infinitive dragen
gerund dragen n
auxiliary hawwe
indicative present tense past tense
1st singular draach droech
2nd singular draachst droechst
3rd singular draacht droech
plural drage droegen
imperative draach
participles dragend dragen

Further reading

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