pflääge
Alemannic German
Alternative forms
- pfläge (Appenzell, St Gallen, Glarus, Schaffhausen, Thurgau, Unterwald)
Etymology
From Middle High German phlëgen, from Old High German plëgan. Cognate with German pflegen, Dutch plegen.
Pronunciation
- (Zurich) IPA(key): /ˈpflæːɡə/
Verb
pflääge (third-person singular simple present pfläägt, past participle pflägt, auxiliary haa)
- (St. Gallen Oberland, Zürich Oberland) to look after; to care for; to maintain
References
- “pflëgeⁿ”, in Schweizerisches Idiotikon. Wörterbuch der schweizerdeutschen Sprache (in German), volume V, 1885–2020, column 1223