plagen
Danish
Noun
plagen c
Dutch
Pronunciation
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Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch plâgen, from Old Dutch plāgon.
Verb
plagen
Conjugation
| Conjugation of plagen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | plagen | |||
| past singular | plaagde | |||
| past participle | geplaagd | |||
| infinitive | plagen | |||
| gerund | plagen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | plaag | plaagde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | plaagt, plaag2 | plaagde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | plaagt | plaagde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | plaagt | plaagde | ||
| 3rd person singular | plaagt | plaagde | ||
| plural | plagen | plaagden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | plage | plaagde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | plagen | plaagden | ||
| imperative sing. | plaag | |||
| imperative plur.1 | plaagt | |||
| participles | plagend | geplaagd | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
plagen
- plural of plaag
German
Etymology
From Middle High German plāgen (“punish”), from Late Latin plagare (“hit, wound”); see also Plage. Cognate with English plague, Dutch plagen, Spanish plagar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈplaːɡn̩]
- Hyphenation: pla‧gen
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Verb
plagen (weak, third-person singular present plagt, past tense plagte, past participle geplagt, auxiliary haben)
- to plague
Conjugation
Conjugation of plagen (weak, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | plagen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | plagend | ||||
| past participle | geplagt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich plage | wir plagen | i | ich plage | wir plagen |
| du plagst | ihr plagt | du plagest | ihr plaget | ||
| er plagt | sie plagen | er plage | sie plagen | ||
| preterite | ich plagte | wir plagten | ii | ich plagte1 | wir plagten1 |
| du plagtest | ihr plagtet | du plagtest1 | ihr plagtet1 | ||
| er plagte | sie plagten | er plagte1 | sie plagten1 | ||
| imperative | plag (du) plage (du) |
plagt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of plagen (weak, auxiliary haben)
Further reading
- “plagen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “plagen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “plagen” in Duden online
- “plagen” in OpenThesaurus.de
Middle Dutch
Etymology
Verb
plâgen
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: plagen
- Limburgish: plaoge
Further reading
- “plaghen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “plagen (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Noun
plagen m or f
- definite masculine singular of plage