sugen

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Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch sūgan

Verb

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sugen

  1. (transitive) to suck (up)
  2. (transitive) to suck from, to suckle from
  3. (intransitive) to suck, to suckle

Inflection

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Strong class 2
Infinitive sugen
3rd sg. past sôoch
3rd pl. past sōgen
Past participle gesōgen
Infinitive sugen
In genitive sugens
In dative sugene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular suge sôoch
2nd singular suuchs, suges sōochs, sōges
3rd singular suucht, suget sôoch
1st plural sugen sōgen
2nd plural suucht, suget sōocht, sōget
3rd plural sugen sōgen
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular suge sōge
2nd singular suuchs, suges sōges
3rd singular suge sōge
1st plural sugen sōgen
2nd plural suucht, suget sōget
3rd plural sugen sōgen
Imperative Present
Singular suuch, suge
Plural suucht, suget
Present Past
Participle sugende gesōgen

Alternative forms

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Descendants

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  • Dutch: zuigen
    • Afrikaans: suig
    • Negerhollands: sug
    • Sranan Tongo: soygi
  • Limburgish: zuge

Further reading

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Middle English

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Verb

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sugen

  1. Alternative form of seien

Middle Low German

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Etymology

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From Old Saxon sugan (to suck)

Pronunciation

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  • (originally) IPA(key): /suːɣən/

Verb

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sugen

  1. to suck
  2. to draw up liquid

Conjugation

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Alternative forms

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Descendants

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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Probably from Swedish sugen.

Adjective

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sugen (singular and plural sugen, comparative meir sugen, superlative mest sugen)

  1. (colloquial) craving, keen
    Synonym: gira

Swedish

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Adjective

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sugen (comparative sugnare, superlative sugnast)

  1. (colloquial) craving, in the mood (for)
    Jag är sjukt sugen på sushi
    I'm craving sushi bad
    Nån som är sugen på att se en film?
    Anyone up for watching a movie?
    Jag tänkte beställa käk. Är du sugen?
    I was going to order food. Do you want any?

Declension

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Inflection of sugen
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular sugen sugnare sugnast
Neuter singular suget sugnare sugnast
Plural sugna sugnare sugnast
Masculine plural3 sugne sugnare sugnast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 sugne sugnare sugnaste
All sugna sugnare sugnaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic
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See also

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Participle

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sugen

  1. past participle of suga

References

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Anagrams

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