drage
Central Franconian
Etymology
From Old High German *dragan, northern variant of tragan, from Proto-Germanic *draganą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdʀaːɣə/
Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse dreki, borrowed from Middle Low German drake, from Proto-West Germanic *drakō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈd̥ʁɑːwə], [ˈd̥ʁɑːʊ]
Noun
drage c (singular definite dragen, plural indefinite drager)
- dragon (legendary creature)
- drake (a small type of wingless dragon)
- kite
- hang glider (unpowered aircraft)
- dragon keelboat
- Viking longship
Inflection
Etymology 2
From Old Norse draga, from Proto-Germanic *draganą, cognate with English draw and drag and German tragen. The Germanic verb goes back to Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- (“pull, draw, drag”), cf. Ancient Greek τρέχω (trékhō, “to run”) (Latin trahō (“to pull”) has a problematic t-).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈd̥ʁɑːwə], [ˈd̥ʁɑːʊ]
Verb
drage (present tense drager, past tense drog, past participle draget, c dragen, definite or plural dragne)
Conjugation
Etymology 3
From French dragée, via Latin tragēmata n pl (“dried fruits”) from Ancient Greek τραγήματα n pl (tragḗmata, “dried fruits, sweetmeats”).
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [d̥ʁɑˈɕe]
Inflection
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | drage | drageen | drageer | drageerne |
genitive | drages | drageens | drageers | drageernes |
Dutch
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Verb
drage (present tense drager, past tense drog or dro, past participle draget or dragen)
- form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by dra
References
- “drage” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse draga, from Proto-Germanic *draganą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²drɑːɡɑ/
Verb
drage (present tense dreg, past tense drog, supine drege, past participle dregen, present participle dragande, imperative drag)
References
- “drage” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
Serbo-Croatian
Adjective
drage
- inflection of drag:
- masculine accusative plural
- feminine genitive singular
- feminine nominative/accusative/vocative plural
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian draga, from Proto-Germanic *draganą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdraɣə/
Inflection
Strong class 6 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
infinitive | drage | |||
3rd singular past | droech | |||
past participle | dragen | |||
infinitive | drage | |||
long infinitive | dragen | |||
gerund | dragen n | |||
auxiliary | hawwe | |||
indicative | present tense | past tense | ||
1st singular | draach | droech | ||
2nd singular | draachst | droechst | ||
3rd singular | draacht | droech | ||
plural | drage | droegen | ||
imperative | draach | |||
participles | dragend | dragen |
Further reading
- “drage”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011