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Danish
Etymology
From Middle Low German drachtich, drechtich, from dracht, from Old Saxon *draht, from Proto-Germanic *drahtuz + the suffix -ig. Cognate with Dutch drachtig, German Low German drachtig, German trächtig, Norwegian Bokmål drektig, Norwegian Nynorsk drektig, Swedish dräktig.
Adjective
drægtig (neuter drægtigt, plural and definite singular attributive drægtige)
- (of non-humans) pregnant, gestating
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