tergen

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch tergen, from Old Dutch *tergen, from Proto-West Germanic *targijan, from Proto-Germanic *targijaną. Cognate with German Low German targen, English tarry.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtɛr.ɣə(n)/
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Hyphenation: ter‧gen
Rhymes: -ɛrɣən

Verb

tergen

(transitive) to anger, to aggravate
(transitive) to irritate, to annoy
Synonym: irriteren
(transitive) to rouse, to provoke
(transitive, obsolete) to torment, to plague, to bother
Synonyms: kwellen, plagen

Inflection

Inflection of tergen (weak)
infinitive	tergen
past singular	tergde
past participle	getergd
infinitive	tergen
gerund	tergen n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	terg	tergde
2nd person sing. (jij)	tergt	tergde
2nd person sing. (u)	tergt	tergde
2nd person sing. (gij)	tergt	tergde
3rd person singular	tergt	tergde
plural	tergen	tergden

subjunctive sing.¹	terge	tergde
subjunctive plur.¹	tergen	tergden

imperative sing.	terg
imperative plur.¹	tergt

participles	tergend	getergd
¹⁾ Archaic.

Descendants

Afrikaans: terg
→ Aukan: teligi
→ Saramaccan: teegi

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