bedrage

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German bedrēgen, from Proto-West Germanic *bidreugan, cognate with German betrügen, Dutch bedriegen, derived from Proto-Germanic *dreuganą, hence German trügen, Gothic 𐌳𐍂𐌹𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌽 (driugan). The Danish verb has been assimilated to the native word drage (“to draw”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [b̥eˈd̥ʁɑˀwə], [b̥eˈd̥ʁɑwˀə]

Verb

bedrage (present tense bedrager, past tense bedrog or bedragede, past participle bedraget, c bedragen, definite or plural bedragne)

  1. to deceive
  2. to betray

Conjugation
Inflection of bedrage
present past
simple bedrager bedrog or bedragede
perfect har bedraget havde bedraget
passive bedrages bedroges or bedragedes
participle bedragende bedraget
imperative bedrag —
infinitive bedrage —
auxiliary verb have —
gerund bedragen —

Derived terms

Dutch

Pronunciation
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Verb

bedrage

  1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of bedragen

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian bidriāga, from Proto-West Germanic *bidreugan.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bəˈdraːɣə/

Verb

bedrage

  1. to deceive

Inflection
Strong class 6
infinitive bedrage
3rd singular past bedreach
past participle bedragen
infinitive bedrage
long infinitive bedragen
gerund bedragen n
auxiliary hawwe
indicative present tense past tense
1st singular bedraach bedreach
2nd singular bedraachst bedreachst
3rd singular bedraacht bedreach
plural bedrage bedreagen
imperative bedraach
participles bedragend bedragen

Further reading
  • “bedrage (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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