plegen

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpleːɣə(n)/
  • Rhymes: -eːɣə(n)
  • Rhymes: -eːɣən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch plien, later plēgen, originally a class 4 strong verb. Presumably from Old Dutch *plian, from Proto-Germanic *plehaną (“to vouch for”). However, the form plegan already occurs in Old Saxon with -g-, and likewise for Old High German pflegan, so it is not certain what the exact relationship between the words is. Cognate with German pflegen

Verb

plegen

  1. to do (something) habitually, customarily
    • Mijn grootvader pleegt na het middageten een pijp te roken.
      • My grandfather usually smokes a pipe after lunch.
  2. to usually happen
    • Op onze wandelvakanties placht het vaak te regenen.
      • On our trekking holidays, it often rained.
Inflection
Inflection of plegen (weak with past in -cht)
infinitive plegen
past singular placht
past participle geplacht
infinitive plegen
gerund plegen n
verbal noun —
present tense past tense
1st person singular pleeg placht
2nd person sing. (jij) pleegt placht
2nd person sing. (u) pleegt placht
2nd person sing. (gij) pleegt placht
3rd person singular pleegt placht
plural plegen plachten
subjunctive sing.1 plege plachte
subjunctive plur.1 plegen plachten
imperative sing. pleeg
imperative plur.1 pleegt
participles plegend geplacht
1) Archaic.

Note: geplogen is also used instead of geplacht

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From the same origin as above. The formation of the weak past occurred in early modern Dutch.

Verb

plegen

  1. to commit (a crime)
Inflection
Inflection of plegen (weak)
infinitive plegen
past singular pleegde
past participle gepleegd
infinitive plegen
gerund plegen n
verbal noun —
present tense past tense
1st person singular pleeg pleegde
2nd person sing. (jij) pleegt pleegde
2nd person sing. (u) pleegt pleegde
2nd person sing. (gij) pleegt pleegde
3rd person singular pleegt pleegde
plural plegen pleegden
subjunctive sing.1 plege pleegde
subjunctive plur.1 plegen pleegden
imperative sing. pleeg
imperative plur.1 pleegt
participles plegend gepleegd
1) Archaic.
Derived terms

Middle Dutch

Etymology

Presumably from earlier plien, and thus from Old Dutch *plian, from Proto-Germanic *plehaną (“to vouch for”). However, the form plegan already occurs in Old Saxon with -g-, and likewise for Old High German pflegan, so it is not certain what the exact relationship between the words is.

Verb

plēgen

  1. to care for
  2. to carry out, to do, to engage in
  3. to do habitually
  4. to use

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

Descendants

  • Dutch: plegen
  • Limburgish: plieëge (why ieë and not ae?)

Further reading

  • “pleghen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “plegen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
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