traag

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch trâge, from Old Dutch *trāgi, from Proto-Germanic *trēgijaz; see *tregô (sadness, sluggishness).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /traːx/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aːx
  • Hyphenation: traag

Adjective

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traag (comparative trager, superlative traagst)

  1. slow
    Synonym: langzaam
    Antonyms: snel, vlug

Inflection

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Declension of traag
uninflected traag
inflected trage
comparative trager
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial traag trager het traagst
het traagste
indefinite m./f. sing. trage tragere traagste
n. sing. traag trager traagste
plural trage tragere traagste
definite trage tragere traagste
partitive traags tragers

Descendants

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  • Negerhollands: traag

Dutch Low Saxon

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Etymology

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Ultimately related to Proto-West Germanic *tregō, from Proto-Germanic *tregô (sadness, sluggishness). Cognate with Dutch traag, German träge.

Adjective

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traag (comparative trager, superlative traagst)

  1. sluggish
  2. inert

Synonyms

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German Low German

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Etymology

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Ultimately related to Proto-West Germanic *tregō, from Proto-Germanic *tregô (sadness, sluggishness).[1] Cognate with Dutch traag, German träge.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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traag (comparative träger, superlative träägst)

  1. sluggish
  2. inert

Declension

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Synonyms

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Antonyms

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References

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  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “träge”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891