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)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ter‧gen
  • Rhymes: -ɛrɣən

Verb

tergen

  1. (transitive) to anger, to aggravate
  2. (transitive) to irritate, to annoy
    Synonym: irriteren
  3. (transitive) to rouse, to provoke
  4. (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 tergtergde
2nd person sing. (jij) tergttergde
2nd person sing. (u) tergttergde
2nd person sing. (gij) tergttergde
3rd person singular tergttergde
plural tergentergden
subjunctive sing.1 tergetergde
subjunctive plur.1 tergentergden
imperative sing. terg
imperative plur.1 tergt
participles tergendgetergd
1) Archaic.

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: terg
  • Aukan: teligi
  • Saramaccan: teegi
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