traag
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch trâge, from Old Dutch *trāgi, from Proto-Germanic *trēgijaz; see *tregô (“sadness, sluggishness”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /traːx/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -aːx
- Hyphenation: traag
Adjective
traag (comparative trager, superlative traagst)
Declension
| Declension of traag | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | traag | |||
| inflected | trage | |||
| comparative | trager | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | traag | trager | het traagst het traagste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | trage | tragere | traagste |
| n. sing. | traag | trager | traagste | |
| plural | trage | tragere | traagste | |
| definite | trage | tragere | traagste | |
| partitive | traags | tragers | — | |
Descendants
Dutch Low Saxon
Etymology
Ultimately related to Proto-West Germanic *tregō, from Proto-Germanic *tregô (“sadness, sluggishness”). Cognate with Dutch , German träge.
Adjective
traag (comparative trager, superlative traagst)
Synonyms
- langzaam, drökkelig
Antonyms
German Low German
Etymology
Ultimately related to Proto-West Germanic *tregō, from Proto-Germanic *tregô (“sadness, sluggishness”).[1] Cognate with Dutch traag, German träge.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʀaːx/
Audio: (file)
Adjective
traag (comparative träger, superlative träägst)
Declension
Positive forms of traag
| gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | he is | se is | dat is | se sünd | |
| partitive | een traags | een traags | wat traags | allens traag | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | trage | trage | traag | trage |
| oblique | tragen | trage | traag | trage | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | de trage | de trage | dat trage | de tragen |
| oblique | den tragen | de trage | dat trage | de tragen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | en trage/tragen | en trage | en traag/traget | (keen) tragen |
| oblique | en tragen | en trage | en traag/traget | (keen) tragen | |
Comparative forms of traag
| gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | he is träger | se is träger | dat is träger | se sünd träger | |
| partitive | een trägers | een trägers | wat trägers | allens träger | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | trägere | trägere | träger | trägere |
| oblique | trägern | trägere | träger | trägere | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | de trägere | de trägere | dat trägere | de trägern |
| oblique | den trägern | de trägere | dat trägere | de trägern | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | en trägere/trägeren | en trägere | en träger | (keen) trägern |
| oblique | en trägern | en trägere | en träger | (keen) trägern | |
Superlative forms of traag
| gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | he is de Träägste | se is de Träägste | dat is dat Träägste | se sünd de Träägsten | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | träägste | träägste | träägst | träägste |
| oblique | träägsten | träägste | träägst | träägste | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | de träägste | de träägste | dat träägste | de träägsten |
| oblique | den träägsten | de träägste | dat träägste | de träägsten | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | en träägste/träägsten | en träägste | en träägst | (keen) träägsten |
| oblique | en träägsten | en träägste | en träägst | (keen) träägsten | |
Note: This declension is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.
Synonyms
Antonyms
References
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “träge”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891