dreigen
Dutch
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Dutch dreigen, from Old Dutch *threigen, of unclear origin. According to Pokorny, related to Proto-Germanic *þrinhwaną (“to force, push”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]dreigen
- (intransitive) to threaten
- (intransitive) to be imminent, to loom
Conjugation
[edit]| Conjugation of dreigen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | dreigen | |||
| past singular | dreigde | |||
| past participle | gedreigd | |||
| infinitive | dreigen | |||
| gerund | dreigen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | dreig | dreigde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | dreigt, dreig2 | dreigde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | dreigt | dreigde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | dreigt | dreigde | ||
| 3rd person singular | dreigt | dreigde | ||
| plural | dreigen | dreigden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | dreige | dreigde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | dreigen | dreigden | ||
| imperative sing. | dreig | |||
| imperative plur.1 | dreigt | |||
| participles | dreigend | gedreigd | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Afrikaans: dreig
- Negerhollands: dreeg, dreig
- → Aukan: deleigi
- → Papiamentu: dreige (dated)
- → Sranan Tongo: dreigi
- → Caribbean Javanese: drégi
References
[edit]- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959), “trenk”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1093
Anagrams
[edit]Middle Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Dutch *threigen, of unclear origin.
Verb
[edit]dreigen
- to threaten, to intimidate
- to warn
Inflection
[edit]| infinitive | base form | dreigen | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| genitive | dreigens | ||||||
| dative | dreigene | ||||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||||
| present | past | present | past | ||||
| 1st person singular | dreige | — | dreige | — | |||
| 2nd person singular | dreichs, dreiges | — | dreichs, dreiges | — | |||
| 3rd person singular | dreicht, dreiget | — | dreige | — | |||
| 1st person plural | dreigen | — | dreigen | — | |||
| 2nd person plural | dreicht, dreiget | — | dreicht, dreiget | — | |||
| 3rd person plural | dreigen | — | dreigen | — | |||
| imperative | |||||||
| singular | dreich, dreige | ||||||
| plural | dreicht, dreiget | ||||||
| present | past | ||||||
| participle | dreigende | — | |||||
Alternative forms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “dreighen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “dreigen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
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