raggen

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Dutch

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈrɑ.ɣə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: rag‧gen
  • Rhymes: -ɑɣən

Verb

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raggen

  1. (intransitive, transitive) to move back and forth repeatedly wildly; to wipe, swing or brush wildly
  2. (intransitive) to drive recklessly and aggressively
    Synonym: rauzen

Conjugation

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Conjugation of raggen (weak)
infinitive raggen
past singular ragde
past participle geragd
infinitive raggen
gerund raggen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular rag ragde
2nd person sing. (jij) ragt, rag2 ragde
2nd person sing. (u) ragt ragde
2nd person sing. (gij) ragt ragde
3rd person singular ragt ragde
plural raggen ragden
subjunctive sing.1 ragge ragde
subjunctive plur.1 raggen ragden
imperative sing. rag
imperative plur.1 ragt
participles raggend geragd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Swedish

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Etymology

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At least since 1649, raggen has been used as a name for the devil, the evil one. This is based on an Old Swedish adjective ragher (cowardly, unmanly, bad, heinous), same as Icelandic ragr which also means sexually perverse.

(Any hints on pronunciation? If it is not based on ragg, the emphasis is possibly different, like tomten/tomten.)

Noun

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raggen c

  1. the devil
  2. definite singular of ragg
  3. definite plural of ragg

References

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  • raggen in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
  • RAGGEN in Johan Ernst Rietz, Svenskt dialektlexikon (1862–1867)

Anagrams

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