drage

See also: dragé

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• drahn, drohn (chiefly Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German *dragan, northern variant of tragan.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈdʀaːɣə/

Verb

drage (third-person singular present drät, past tense drooch, past participle jedrage)

1. (most dialects of Ripuarian) to carry; to bear; to wear

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Danish

drage

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse dreki, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Low German drake, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin dracō, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn, “dragon”)

Noun

drage c (singular definite dragen, plural indefinite drager)

1. dragon (legendary creature)
2. drake (a small type of wingless dragon)
3. kite
4. hang glider (unpowered aircraft)
5. dragon keelboat
6. Viking longship

Inflection

Declension of drage

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	drage	dragen	drager	dragerne
genitive	drages	dragens	dragers	dragernes

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse draga, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *draganą, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *dʰreǵ- (“pull, draw, drag”).

Verb

drage (imperative drag, present tense drager, past tense drog, past participle draget, dragen, dragne)

1. draw
2. attract, allure
3. go, march, travel

Etymology 3

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French dragée.

Alternative forms

• dragé

Noun

drage c (singular definite drageen, plural indefinite drageer)

1. dragée

Inflection

Declension of drage

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	drage	drageen	drageer	drageerne
genitive	drages	drageens	drageers	drageernes

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Dutch

Verb

1. (deprecated template usage) (archaic) singular present subjunctive of dragen

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek "drakon" and (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse dreki

Alternative forms

• drake

Noun

drage m (definite singular dragen, indefinite plural drager, definite plural dragene)

1. a dragon
2. a kite

References

• “drage” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /²drɑːɡɑ/

Etymology

From Old Norse draga, from Proto-Germanic *draganą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreǵ-.

Alternative forms

• draga
• dra

Verb

drage (imperative dra, present tense dreg, simple past drog, past participle drege, present participle dragande)

1. to pull; drag
2. to leave; depart; go

   å drage på ferie

   to go on holiday

Derived terms

• dragkamp
• oppdra

References

• “drage” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.