sugen

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch sūgan

Verb

sugen

  1. (transitive) to suck (up)
  2. (transitive) to suck from, to suckle from
  3. (intransitive) to suck, to suckle

Inflection
Strong class 2
Infinitive sugen
3rd sg. past sôoch
3rd pl. past sōgen
Past participle gesōgen
Infinitive sugen
In genitive sugens
In dative sugene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular suge sôoch
2nd singular suuchs, suges sōochs, sōges
3rd singular suucht, suget sôoch
1st plural sugen sōgen
2nd plural suucht, suget sōocht, sōget
3rd plural sugen sōgen
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular suge sōge
2nd singular suuchs, suges sōges
3rd singular suge sōge
1st plural sugen sōgen
2nd plural suucht, suget sōget
3rd plural sugen sōgen
Imperative Present
Singular suuch, suge
Plural suucht, suget
Present Past
Participle sugende gesōgen

Alternative forms

Descendants
  • Dutch: zuigen
    • Afrikaans: suig
    • Negerhollands: sug
    • → Sranan Tongo: soygi
  • Limburgish: zuge

Further reading
  • “sughen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “sugen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Middle English

Verb

sugen

  1. Alternative form of seien

Middle Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon sugan (“to suck”)

Pronunciation
  • (originally) IPA(key): /suːɣən/

Verb

sugen

  1. to suck
  2. to draw up liquid

Conjugation
Conjugation of sugen as a class 2b strong verb
Plain Infinitive sûgen
Full Infinitive (Gerund) tô sûgene or tô sûgende
Verbal Noun sûgen or sûgent
Participles Imperatives
Present sûgende 2nd Person Singular sûch
Past gesōgen or gesāgen 2nd Person Plural sûget
Indicative Subjunctive
Present Preterite Present Preterite
1st Person Singular sûge sôch sûge sȫge
2nd Person Singular sü̂gest or sü̂̂chst sōgest or sȫgest sûgest sȫgest
3rd Person Singular sü̂get or sü̂̂cht sôch sûget sȫge
Plural sûgen (sûget?) sōgen or sȫgen sûgen sȫgen

Alternative forms

Descendants

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Probably from Swedish sugen.

Adjective

sugen (singular and plural sugen, comparative meir sugen, superlative mest sugen)

  1. (slang) craving, keen
    Synonym: gira

Swedish

Adjective

sugen (comparative sugnare, superlative sugnast)

  1. craving, in the mood (for)
    Jag är sjukt sugen på sushi
    I'm craving sushi bad
    Nån som är sugen på att se en film?
    Anyone up for watching a movie?
    Jag tänkte beställa käk. Är du sugen?
    I was going to order food. Do you want any?

Declension
Inflection of sugen
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular sugen sugnare sugnast
Neuter singular suget sugnare sugnast
Plural sugna sugnare sugnast
Masculine plural3 sugne sugnare sugnast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 sugne sugnare sugnaste
All sugna sugnare sugnaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

References

Verb

sugen

  1. past participle of suga.

Anagrams
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