raggen

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɑ.ɣə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: rag‧gen

Verb

raggen

  1. (intransitive, transitive) to move back and forth repeatedly wildly; to wipe, swing or brush wildly
  2. (intransitive) to drive recklessly and aggressively
    Synonym: rauzen

Inflection

Inflection of raggen (weak)
infinitive raggenn
past singular ragde
past participle geragd
infinitive raggenn
gerund raggenn n
verbal noun
present tense past tense
1st person singular ragragde
2nd person sing. (jij) ragtragde
2nd person sing. (u) ragtragde
2nd person sing. (gij) ragtragde
3rd person singular ragtragde
plural raggennragden
subjunctive sing.1 raggenragde
subjunctive plur.1 raggennragden
imperative sing. rag
imperative plur.1 ragt
participles raggenndgeragd
1) Archaic.

Swedish

Etymology

At least since 1649, raggen has been used as a name for the devil, the evil one. This is based on an Old Swedish adjective ragher (cowardly, unmanly, bad, heinous), same as Icelandic ragr which also means sexually perverse.

(Any hints on pronunciation? If it is not based on ragg, the emphasis is possibly different, like tomten/tomten.)

Noun

raggen c

  1. the devil
  2. definite singular of ragg

References

  • raggen in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
  • RAGGEN in Johan Ernst Rietz, Svenskt dialektlexikon (1862–1867)
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