tergen

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch tergen, from Old Dutch *tergen, from Proto-West Germanic *targijan, from Proto-Germanic *targijaną. Cognate with German Low German targen, English tarry.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛr.ɣə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: ter‧gen
  • Rhymes: -ɛrɣən

Verb

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tergen

  1. (transitive) to anger, to aggravate
  2. (transitive) to irritate, to annoy
    Synonym: irriteren
  3. (transitive) to rouse, to provoke
  4. (transitive, obsolete) to torment, to plague, to bother
    Synonyms: kwellen, plagen

Declension

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Conjugation of tergen (weak)
infinitive tergen
past singular tergde
past participle getergd
infinitive tergen
gerund tergen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular terg tergde
2nd person sing. (jij) tergt, terg2 tergde
2nd person sing. (u) tergt tergde
2nd person sing. (gij) tergt tergde
3rd person singular tergt tergde
plural tergen tergden
subjunctive sing.1 terge tergde
subjunctive plur.1 tergen tergden
imperative sing. terg
imperative plur.1 tergt
participles tergend getergd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: terg
  • Aukan: teligi
  • Saramaccan: teegi