jage
Alemannic German
Etymology
From Middle High German jagen, from Old High German jagōn.
Verb
jage (Uri)
- to hunt
- (of goats) to be in heat
References
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 60.
Danish
FWOTD – 25 November 2016
Etymology
From Middle Low German jagen (“to hunt”), from Old Saxon jagōn, from Proto-West Germanic *jagōn, cognate with German jagen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjaːɣə/, [ˈjæːjə], [ˈjɛːɪ]
Verb
jage (past tense jagede or jog, past participle jaget)
- to hunt, shoot
- to chase
- to drive
- to hound
- to hurry
Inflection
Inflection of jage
| present | past | |
|---|---|---|
| simple | jager | jagede or jog |
| perfect | har jaget | havde jaget |
| passive | jages | jagedes or (rare) joges |
| participle | jagende | jaget |
| imperative | jag | — |
| infinitive | jage | — |
| auxiliary verb | have | — |
| gerund | jagen | — |
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:jage.
Dutch
Verb
jage
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of jagen
German
Verb
jage
- inflection of jagen:
- first-person singular present
- singular imperative
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Middle Low German jagen; compare German jagen.
Verb
jage (imperative jag, present tense jager, passive jages, simple past jaga or jaget or jagde or jog, past participle jaga or jaget or jagd, present participle jagende)
- to chase
- to hunt
- to drive away / off / out
References
- “jage” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
jage (present tense jagar, past tense jaga, past participle jaga, passive infinitive jagast, present participle jagande, imperative jage/jag)
- Alternative form of jaga
Uyajitaya
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jɑɡɛ/
Noun
jage
- water
Further reading
- Alison Kassell, Philip Lambrecht, Margaret Potter, Sarah Tucker, The sociolinguistic situation of the Uyajitaya [duk] language (2008)