behage

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish behaghe, from Middle Low German behagen, from Old Saxon bihagōn. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål behage, Swedish behaga, German behagen and Dutch behagen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /beˈhæˀjə/

Verb

behage (imperative behag, infinitive at behage, present tense behager, past tense behagede, perfect tense har behaget)

  1. to please

Inflection

Conjugation of behage
active passive
present behager behages
past behagede behagedes
infinitive behage behages
imperative behag
participle
present behagende
past behaget
(auxiliary verb have)
gerund behagen

References

Dutch

Verb

behage

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of behagen

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

behage

  1. inflection of behagen:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
    3. singular imperative