drage

See also: dragé

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

  • drahn, drohn (chiefly Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

From Old High German *dragan, northern variant of tragan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdʀaːɣə/

Verb

drage (third-person singular present drät, past tense drooch, past participle jedrage)

  1. (most dialects of Ripuarian) to carry; to bear; to wear

Danish

drage

Etymology 1

From Old Norse dreki, from Middle Low German drake, from Latin dracō, from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn, “dragon”)

Noun

drage c (singular definite dragen, plural indefinite drager)

  1. dragon (legendary creature)
  2. drake (a small type of wingless dragon)
  3. kite
  4. hang glider (unpowered aircraft)
  5. dragon keelboat
  6. Viking longship
Inflection

Etymology 2

From Old Norse draga, from Proto-Germanic *draganą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreǵ- (“pull, draw, drag”).

Verb

drage (imperative drag, present tense drager, past tense drog, past participle draget, dragen, dragne)

  1. draw
  2. attract, allure
  3. go, march, travel

Etymology 3

From French dragée.

Alternative forms

Noun

drage c (singular definite drageen, plural indefinite drageer)

  1. dragée
Inflection

Dutch

Verb

drage

  1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of dragen

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn) and Old Norse dreki

Pronunciation

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Noun

drage m (definite singular dragen, indefinite plural drager, definite plural dragene)

  1. a dragon
  2. a kite

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse draga, from Proto-Germanic *draganą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreǵ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²drɑːɡɑ/

Verb

drage (imperative dra, present tense dreg, simple past drog, past participle drege, present participle dragande)

  1. to pull; drag
  2. to leave; depart; go
    å drage på ferie
    to go on holiday

Derived terms

References

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