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Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch ruggi, from Proto-Germanic *hrugjaz.
Noun
rugge m
- back
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
Further reading
Middle High German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈryɡ.ɡə/, /ˈryk.kə/, /ˈruk.kə/
Noun
rügge, rugge m (genitive singular rügges or rugges or rüggen or ruggen, plural rügge or rugge or rüggen or ruggen)
- Alternative form of rücke (“back”)
Usage notes
- In parts of Central German this spelling reflects unshifted /ɡɡ/. In Bavarian and Alemannic this spelling reflects /kk/ distinguished from ‹ck› = /kkx/. The intermediate dialects have merged both into /kk/, whence the predominant or normalised form rücke.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse rugga.
Verb
rugge (imperative rugg, present tense rugger, passive rugges, simple past and past participle rugga or rugget, present participle ruggende)
- to move, (cause something to) budge
- to rock (move to and fro)
References
- “rugge” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “rugge_3” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse rugga.
Verb
rugge (present tense ruggar, past tense rugga, past participle rugga, passive infinitive ruggast, present participle ruggande, imperative rugge/rugg)
- to move, (cause something to) budge
- to rock (move to and fro)
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