jagen

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch jāgen, from Old Dutch *jagon, from Proto-West Germanic *jagōn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjaːɣə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ja‧gen
  • Rhymes: -aːɣən

Verb

jagen

  1. (transitive) to hunt
  2. (transitive) to tug (a boat) (not by other vessels)
  3. (ergative) to move quickly

Conjugation

Conjugation of jagen (strong class 6 with weak past participle)
infinitive jagen
past singular joeg
past participle gejaagd
infinitive jagen
gerund jagen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular jaag joeg
2nd person sing. (jij) jaagt, jaag2 joeg
2nd person sing. (u) jaagt joeg
2nd person sing. (gij) jaagt joegt
3rd person singular jaagt joeg
plural jagen joegen
subjunctive sing.1 jage joege
subjunctive plur.1 jagen joegen
imperative sing. jaag
imperative plur.1 jaagt
participles jagend gejaagd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Conjugation of jagen (weak)
infinitive jagen
past singular jaagde
past participle gejaagd
infinitive jagen
gerund jagen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular jaag jaagde
2nd person sing. (jij) jaagt, jaag2 jaagde
2nd person sing. (u) jaagt jaagde
2nd person sing. (gij) jaagt jaagde
3rd person singular jaagt jaagde
plural jagen jaagden
subjunctive sing.1 jage jaagde
subjunctive plur.1 jagen jaagden
imperative sing. jaag
imperative plur.1 jaagt
participles jagend gejaagd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

verbs

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: jaag
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: jagi
  • Negerhollands: jaak, jaag, ak
  • Aukan: yaki
  • Kwinti: jagi
  • Papiamentu: yag, jaag
  • Saramaccan: jáka
  • Sranan Tongo: yagi, yagigwe, djaggi
    • Caribbean Javanese: yagi, ngyagi

German

Etymology

From Middle High German jagen, from Old High German jagōn, from Proto-West Germanic *jagōn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjaːɡən/, [ˈjaːɡŋ̩]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aːɡn̩
  • Hyphenation: ja‧gen

Verb

jagen (weak, third-person singular present jagt, past tense jagte, past participle gejagt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive, hunting) to hunt (game)
  2. (transitive) to chase, chase after (to follow at speed)
  3. (transitive) to thrust, pierce [with durch (+ accusative) ‘through’ or in (+ accusative) ‘into’]
    jemandem eine Kugel durchs Herz jagento thrust a bullet through someone's heart
  4. (intransitive) to rush, hustle
    Synonym: hetzen
    Franz jagt im komplett verwahrlosten Taxi quer durch Bayern. (common German pangram, not including äöüß)
    Franz rushes all across Bavaria in a completely dilapidated taxi.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • jagen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • jagen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • jagen” in Duden online
  • jagen” in OpenThesaurus.de

German Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German jāgen, from Old Saxon jagōn, from Proto-West Germanic *jagōn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɒːɡən/, /jɔːɡən/

Verb

jagen

  1. (intransitive) to hunt

Inflection

Conjugation of jagen (irregular verb)
infinitive jagen
present preterite
1st person singular jaag joog
2nd person singular jaggst, jaagst joogst
3rd person singular jaggt, jaagt joog
plural jaagt, jagen jogen
imperative
singular jaag
plural jaagt
present past
participle jagen (ge)jaggt, (ge)jaagt

Note: This conjugation is one of many.
Neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

Forms from Fritz Reuter:

  • 3rd ps. sg. indicative present: jöggt, jagt
  • 3rd ps. sg. indicative preterite: jog
  • 3rd ps. pl. indicative preterite: jogen

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *jagon, from Proto-West Germanic *jagōn.

Verb

jāgen

  1. to hunt, to chase, to pursue
  2. to hunt (animals)
  3. to drive forward, to impel
  4. to persue (a goal), to strive for
  5. to hurry

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Dutch: jagen
    • Afrikaans: jaag
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: jagi
    • Negerhollands: jaak, jaag, ak
    • Aukan: yaki
    • Kwinti: jagi
    • Papiamentu: yag, jaag
    • Saramaccan: jáka
    • Sranan Tongo: yagi, yagigwe, djaggi
      • Caribbean Javanese: yagi, ngyagi
  • Limburgish: jage
  • Zealandic: jaege

Further reading

Middle Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon jagon, from Proto-West Germanic *jagōn.

Pronunciation

  • (originally) IPA(key): /jaːɣən/

Verb

jāgen

  1. to hunt, to chase

Conjugation

Conjugation of jagen as a weak verb
plain infinitive jāgen
full infinitive (gerund) tô jāgene or tô jāgende
verbal noun jāgen or jāgent
participles imperative
present jāgende singular jāge
past gejāget plural jāget
indicative subjunctive
present preterite present preterite
1st person singular jāge jāgede jāge jāgede
2nd person singular jāgest jāgedest jāgest jāgedest
3rd person singular jāget jāgede jāget jāgede
plural jāgen (jāget?) jāgeden jāgen jāgeden

Descendants

  • Low German: jagen, jogen
  • Old Norse: jaga
    • Faroese: jaga
    • Old Danish: jæge
    • Swedish: jaga
    • Norwegian Bokmål: jage
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: jaga, jage
    • Gutnish: jage, jaga, jag'
    • Middle English: *yagen, *yawen
      • >? English: yaw
      • Scots: yaag
      • Scots: yaggle

Swedish

Noun

jagen

  1. definite plural of jag