sugen
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch sūgan
Verb
sugen
- (transitive) to suck (up)
- (transitive) to suck from, to suckle from
- (intransitive) to suck, to suckle
Inflection
| 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
- suken (Limburg)
Descendants
- Dutch: zuigen
- Afrikaans: suig
- Negerhollands: sug
- → Sranan Tongo: soygi
- Limburgish: zuge
Further reading
- “sughen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “sugen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Middle English
Verb
sugen
- Alternative form of seien
Middle Low German
Etymology
From Old Saxon sugan (“to suck”)
Pronunciation
- (originally) IPA(key): /suːɣən/
Verb
sugen
- to suck
- to draw up liquid
Conjugation
Conjugation of sugen as a class 2b strong verb
| Plain Infinitive | sûgen | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full Infinitive (Gerund) | tô sûgene or tô sûgende | |||
| Verbal Noun | sûgen or sûgent | |||
| Participles | Imperatives | |||
| Present | sûgende | 2nd Person Singular | sûch | |
| Past | gesōgen or gesāgen | 2nd Person Plural | sûget | |
| Indicative | Subjunctive | |||
| Present | Preterite | Present | Preterite | |
| 1st Person Singular | sûge | sôch | sûge | sȫge |
| 2nd Person Singular | sü̂gest or sü̂̂chst | sōgest or sȫgest | sûgest | sȫgest |
| 3rd Person Singular | sü̂get or sü̂̂cht | sôch | sûget | sȫge |
| Plural | sûgen (sûget?) | sōgen or sȫgen | sûgen | sȫgen |
Alternative forms
- sȫgen
Descendants
- Low German: sugen
Swedish
Adjective
sugen (comparative sugnare, superlative sugnast)
- 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
| 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 | |||
References
- sugen in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- sugen in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- sugen in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Verb
sugen
- past participle of suga.
Anagrams
- genus, unges