behage

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish behaghe, from Middle Low German behagen, from Old Saxon bihagōn. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål behage, Swedish behaga, German behagen and Dutch behagen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beˈhæˀjə/

Verb

behage (imperative behag, infinitive at behage, present tense behager, past tense behagede, perfect tense har behaget)

1. to please

Inflection

Conjugation of behage

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	behage	behages
Present tense	behager	behages
Past tense	behagede	behagedes
Imperative	behag	-
Participle
Present	behagende
Past	behaget
Gerund	behagen

Related terms

• behag

References

• “behage” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Verb

behage

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of behagen

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

behage

1. inflection of behagen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative