jagen

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch jāgen, from Old Dutch *jagon, from Proto-West Germanic *jagōn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjaːɣə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ja‧gen
  • Rhymes: -aːɣən

Verb

jagen

  1. (transitive) to hunt
  2. (transitive) to tug (a boat) (not by other vessels)
  3. (ergative) to move quickly

Inflection

Conjugation of jagen (strong class 6 with weak past participle)
infinitive jagen
past singular joeg
past participle gejaagd
infinitive jagen
gerund jagen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular jaagjoeg
2nd person sing. (jij) jaagtjoeg
2nd person sing. (u) jaagtjoeg
2nd person sing. (gij) jaagtjoegt
3rd person singular jaagtjoeg
plural jagenjoegen
subjunctive sing.1 jagejoege
subjunctive plur.1 jagenjoegen
imperative sing. jaag
imperative plur.1 jaagt
participles jagendgejaagd
1) Archaic.
Conjugation of jagen (weak)
infinitive jagen
past singular jaagde
past participle gejaagd
infinitive jagen
gerund jagen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular jaagjaagde
2nd person sing. (jij) jaagtjaagde
2nd person sing. (u) jaagtjaagde
2nd person sing. (gij) jaagtjaagde
3rd person singular jaagtjaagde
plural jagenjaagden
subjunctive sing.1 jagejaagde
subjunctive plur.1 jagenjaagden
imperative sing. jaag
imperative plur.1 jaagt
participles jagendgejaagd
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: jaag
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: jagi
  • Negerhollands: jaak, jaag, ak
  • Aukan: yaki
  • Kwinti: jagi
  • Papiamentu: yag, jaag
  • Saramaccan: jáka
  • Sranan Tongo: yagi, yagigwe, djaggi
    • Caribbean Javanese: yagi, ngyagi

German

Etymology

From Old High German jagōn, from Proto-West Germanic *jagōn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjaːɡən/, [ˈjaːɡŋ̩]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aːɡn̩
  • Hyphenation: ja‧gen

Verb

jagen (weak, third-person singular present jagt, past tense jagte, past participle gejagt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive, hunting) to hunt (game)
  2. (transitive) to chase, chase after (to follow at speed)
  3. (transitive with durch or in) to thrust, pierce
    jemandem eine Kugel durchs Herz jagento thrust a bullet through someone's heart
  4. (intransitive) to rush, hustle
    Synonym: hetzen
    Franz jagt im komplett verfahrlosten Taxi quer durch Bayern. (common German pangram, not including äöüß)
    Franz rushes all across Bavaria in a completely dilapidated taxi.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • jagen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • jagen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • jagen” in Duden online
  • jagen” in OpenThesaurus.de

German Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German jāgen, from Old Saxon jagōn, from Proto-West Germanic *jagōn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɒːɡən/, /jɔːɡən/

Verb

jagen

  1. (intransitive) to hunt

Inflection

Forms from Fritz Reuter:

  • 3rd ps. sg. indicative present: jöggt, jagt
  • 3rd ps. sg. indicative preterite: jog
  • 3rd ps. pl. indicative preterite: jogen

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *jagon, from Proto-West Germanic *jagōn.

Verb

jāgen

  1. to hunt, to chase, to pursue
  2. to hunt (animals)
  3. to drive forward, to impel
  4. to persue (a goal), to strive for
  5. to hurry

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Dutch: jagen
    • Afrikaans: jaag
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: jagi
    • Negerhollands: jaak, jaag, ak
    • Aukan: yaki
    • Kwinti: jagi
    • Papiamentu: yag, jaag
    • Saramaccan: jáka
    • Sranan Tongo: yagi, yagigwe, djaggi
      • Caribbean Javanese: yagi, ngyagi
  • Limburgish: jage
  • Zealandic: jaege

Further reading

Middle Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon jagon, from Proto-West Germanic *jagōn.

Pronunciation

  • (originally) IPA(key): /jaːɣən/

Verb

jāgen

  1. to hunt, to chase

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Low German: jagen, jogen
  • Old Norse: jaga
    • Faroese: jaga
    • Old Danish: jæge
    • Swedish: jaga
    • Norwegian Bokmål: jage
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: jaga, jage
    • Gutnish: jage, jaga, jag'
    • Middle English: *yagen, *yawen
      • >? English: yaw
      • Scots: yaag
      • Scots: yaggle
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