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Swedish
Etymology
Probably originally meaning "make higher." Compare how mirages sometimes hover over the horizon.
Verb
hägra (present hägrar, preterite hägrade, supine hägrat, imperative hägra)
- to appear (vaguely and) alluringly (to someone's senses or in someone's mind); to loom, to beckon, etc.
Priset på en miljon kronor hägrar för de tävlande- The one-million-kronor prize looms alluringly for the contestants
Ljusen från hamnen hägrar i fjärran- The lights from the harbor beckon in the distance
Hotellfrukosten hägrar. Dags att stiga upp.- The hotel breakfast beckons. Time to get up.
- (rare) to appear as a mirage (more generally)
Usage notes
Originally figuratively from (sense 2), though this intuition might be lost to many native speakers.
Conjugation
Conjugation of hägra (weak)
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