dragen

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Danish

Noun

dragen c

  1. definite singular of drage

Verb

dragen

  1. common past participle of drage

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch drāgen, from Old Dutch dragan, from Proto-Germanic *draganą (draw, pull, carry).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdraːɣə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: dra‧gen
  • Rhymes: -aːɣən

Verb

dragen

  1. (transitive) to carry
  2. (transitive) to wear (clothes)
  3. (transitive) to transfer

Inflection

Inflection of dragen (strong class 6)
infinitive dragen
past singular droeg
past participle gedragen
infinitive dragen
gerund dragen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular draag droeg
2nd person sing. (jij) draagt droeg
2nd person sing. (u) draagt droeg
2nd person sing. (gij) draagt droegt
3rd person singular draagt droeg
plural dragen droegen
subjunctive sing.1 drage droege
subjunctive plur.1 dragen droegen
imperative sing. draag
imperative plur.1 draagt
participles dragend gedragen
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: dra
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: draki
  • Negerhollands: draag, dra, drag
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: drag, drak

Anagrams

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch dragan, from Proto-Germanic *draganą.

Pronunciation

Verb

drāgen

  1. to carry
  2. to wear

Inflection

Strong class 6
Infinitive drāgen
3rd sg. past droech
3rd pl. past droegen
Past participle gedrāgen
Infinitive drāgen
In genitive drāgens
In dative drāgene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular drāge droech
2nd singular drāechs, drāges droechs, droeges
3rd singular drāecht, drāget droech
1st plural drāgen droegen
2nd plural drāecht, drāget droecht, droeget
3rd plural drāgen droegen
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular drāge droege
2nd singular drāechs, drāges droeges
3rd singular drāge droege
1st plural drāgen droegen
2nd plural drāecht, drāget droeget
3rd plural drāgen droegen
Imperative Present
Singular drach, drāech, drāge
Plural drāecht, drāget
Present Past
Participle drāgende gedrāgen

Descendants

Further reading

Middle English

Verb

dragen

  1. Alternative form of drawen

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

dragen m

  1. definite singular of drage

Swedish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Adjective

dragen

  1. (slang) noticeably intoxicated
Declension
Inflection of dragen
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular dragen mer dragen mest dragen
Neuter singular draget mer draget mest draget
Plural dragna mer dragna mest dragna
Masculine plural3 dragne mer dragna mest dragna
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 dragne mer dragne mest dragne
All dragna mer dragna mest dragna
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

Participle

dragen

  1. past participle of dra

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

dragen

  1. definite plural of drag

Further reading

Anagrams