pflääge

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• pfläge (Appenzell, St. Gallen, Glarus, Schaffhausen, Thurgau, Unterwald)

Etymology

From Middle High German phlëgen, from Old High German plëgan. Cognate with German pflegen, Dutch plegen.

Pronunciation

• (Zürich) IPA^(key): /ˈpflæːɡə/

Verb

pflääge (third-person singular simple present pfläägt, past participle pflägt, auxiliary haa)

1. (St. Gallen Oberland, Zürich Oberland) to look after; to care for; to maintain

References

• “pflëgeⁿ”, in Schweizerisches Idiotikon. Wörterbuch der schweizerdeutschen Sprache^[1] (in German), volume V, 1885–2020, column 1223