plagen

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Danish

Noun

plagen c

  1. definite singular of plage
  2. definite singular of plag

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch plâgen, from Old Dutch plāgon.

Verb

plagen

  1. to tease
  2. to trouble
  3. to torment
Inflection
Inflection of plagen (weak)
infinitive plagen
past singular plaagde
past participle geplaagd
infinitive plagen
gerund plagen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular plaag plaagde
2nd person sing. (jij) plaagt plaagde
2nd person sing. (u) plaagt plaagde
2nd person sing. (gij) plaagt plaagde
3rd person singular plaagt plaagde
plural plagen plaagden
subjunctive sing.1 plage plaagde
subjunctive plur.1 plagen plaagden
imperative sing. plaag
imperative plur.1 plaagt
participles plagend geplaagd
1) Archaic.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: pla
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: plagi
  • Negerhollands: plaag

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

plagen

  1. plural of plaag

German

Etymology

From Middle High German plāgen (punish), from Late Latin plagare (hit, wound). Cognate with English plague, Dutch plagen, Spanish plagar.

Pronunciation

Verb

plagen (weak, third-person singular present plagt, past tense plagte, past participle geplagt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to plague

Conjugation

Further reading

  • plagen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • plagen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • plagen” in Duden online
  • plagen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch plāgon.

Verb

plâgen

  1. to punish
  2. to torment, to torture

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

plagen m or f

  1. definite masculine singular of plage