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/
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)
- 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, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreǵ- (“pull, draw, drag”).
Verb
drage (imperative drag, present tense drager, past tense drog, past participle draget, dragen, dragne)
Alternative forms
Inflection
Declension of drage
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | drage | drageen | drageer | drageerne |
genitive | drages | drageens | drageers | drageernes |
Dutch
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn) and Old Norse dreki
Pronunciation
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse draga, from Proto-Germanic *draganą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreǵ-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²drɑːɡɑ/
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian draga, from Proto-Germanic *draganą.
Inflection
Strong class 6 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
infinitive | drage | |||
3rd singular past | droech | |||
past participle | dragen | |||
infinitive | drage | |||
long infinitive | dragen | |||
gerund | dragen n | |||
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
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