dra

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See also: Dra, Dra., and drą

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch dragen.

Verb

dra (present dra, present participle draende, past participle gedra)

  1. to carry
  2. to wear
    Fjodor is die eerste Russiese tsaar wat Westerse klere dra.
    Fjodor is the first Russian tsar that wears western clothes.

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *drag-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrā́ks (“dregs, sediment”), likely of non-Indo-European origin.[1][2]

Noun

dra m

  1. sediment, dregs
  2. smudged butter
  3. sweepings, dirt

References

  1. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 141
  2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*dragjō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 99: “*dʰragʰ-ieh₂-”

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse draga, from Proto-Germanic *draganą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreǵ-.

Verb

dra (imperative dra, present tense drar, passive dras, simple past dro or drog, past participle dratt or dradd, present participle dragende)

  1. to draw; pull; drag
  2. to leave; depart; go
    dra på ferie - to go on holiday

Alternative forms

  • drage (obsolete in Bokmål, but used in Nynorsk and Danish)

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse draga, from Proto-Germanic *draganą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreǵ-.

Pronunciation

Verb

dra (imperative dra, present tense dreg or drar, simple past drog, past participle drege or dratt or dradd, present participle dragande)

  1. to pull; drag, draw
  2. to leave; depart; go
    å dra på ferie
    to go on holiday

Derived terms

References

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Apocopic form of draga, from Old Swedish dragha, from Old Norse draga, from Proto-Germanic *draganą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreǵ-.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɑː

Verb

dra

  1. pull
  2. to tell a short story or (dirty) joke
    Dra den där fräckisen igen som du drog igår kväll ― Hey, tell that dirty story again, the one you told last night
  3. (slang) leave for some other place
    Ska vi dra ner på stan? ― Should we get downtown?

Conjugation

Conjugation of dra (class 6 strong)
Active Passive
Infinitive dra dras
Supine dragit dragits
Imperative dra —
Imper. plural1 dran —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative drar drog dras drogs
Ind. plural1 dra drogo dras drogos
Subjunctive2 dra droge dras droges
Participles
Present participle dragande
Past participle dragen
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Conjugation of draga (class 6 strong)
Active Passive
Infinitive draga dragas
Supine dragit dragits
Imperative drag —
Imper. plural1 dragen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative drager drog drages drogs
Ind. plural1 draga drogo dragas drogos
Subjunctive2 drage droge drages droges
Participles
Present participle dragande
Past participle dragen
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Anagrams

Yola

Verb

dra

  1. to draw
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