trägen
German
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Adjective
trägen
- inflection of träge:
- strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
- weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
- strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
- strong dative plural
- weak/mixed all-case plural
Swedish
Etymology
Uncertain. Possibly past participle of träga (“bereave”). Compare Old English trega, tregian, Icelandic trega, tregi. Possibly derived from Old Norse tregr. Compare origin of Danish træg, German träge.
Declension
Inflection of trägen | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | trägen | trägnare | trägnast |
Neuter singular | träget | trägnare | trägnast |
Plural | trägna | trägnare | trägnast |
Masculine plural3 | trägne | trägnare | trägnast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | trägne | trägnare | trägnaste |
All | trägna | trägnare | trägnaste |
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 |
Derived terms
Further reading
- trägen in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- trägen in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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