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Noun

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dragen c

  1. definite singular of drage

Verb

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dragen

  1. common past participle of drage

Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch drāgen, from Old Dutch dragan, from Proto-Germanic *draganą (draw, pull, carry).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdraːɣə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: dra‧gen
  • Rhymes: -aːɣən

Verb

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dragen

  1. (transitive) to carry
  2. (transitive) to wear (clothes)
  3. (transitive) to transfer

Conjugation

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Conjugation of dragen (strong class 6)
infinitive dragen
past singular droeg
past participle gedragen
infinitive dragen
gerund dragen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular draag droeg
2nd person sing. (jij) draagt, draag2 droeg
2nd person sing. (u) draagt droeg
2nd person sing. (gij) draagt droegt
3rd person singular draagt droeg
plural dragen droegen
subjunctive sing.1 drage droege
subjunctive plur.1 dragen droegen
imperative sing. draag
imperative plur.1 draagt
participles dragend gedragen
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: dra
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: draki
  • Negerhollands: draag, dra, drag
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: drag, drak

Anagrams

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Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch dragan, from Proto-Germanic *draganą.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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drāgen

  1. to carry
  2. to wear

Inflection

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Strong class 6
Infinitive drāgen
3rd sg. past droech
3rd pl. past droegen
Past participle gedrāgen
Infinitive drāgen
In genitive drāgens
In dative drāgene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular drāge droech
2nd singular drāechs, drāges droechs, droeges
3rd singular drāecht, drāget droech
1st plural drāgen droegen
2nd plural drāecht, drāget droecht, droeget
3rd plural drāgen droegen
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular drāge droege
2nd singular drāechs, drāges droeges
3rd singular drāge droege
1st plural drāgen droegen
2nd plural drāecht, drāget droeget
3rd plural drāgen droegen
Imperative Present
Singular drach, drāech, drāge
Plural drāecht, drāget
Present Past
Participle drāgende gedrāgen

Descendants

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Further reading

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Middle English

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Verb

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dragen

  1. Alternative form of drawen

Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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dragen m

  1. definite singular of drage

Old English

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Verb

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dragen

  1. past participle of dragan

Swedish

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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dragen

  1. (slang) noticeably intoxicated
Declension
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Inflection of dragen
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular dragen mer dragen mest dragen
neuter singular draget mer draget mest draget
plural dragna mer dragna mest dragna
masculine plural2 dragne mer dragna mest dragna
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 dragne mer dragne mest dragne
all dragna mer dragna mest dragna

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Participle

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dragen

  1. past participle of dra

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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dragen

  1. definite plural of drag

Further reading

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Anagrams

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