tergen
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch tergen, from Old Dutch *tergen, from Proto-West Germanic *targijan, from Proto-Germanic *targijaną. Cognate with German Low German targen, English tarry.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɛr.ɣə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ter‧gen
- Rhymes: -ɛrɣən
Verb
tergen
- (transitive) to anger, to aggravate
- (transitive) to irritate, to annoy
- Synonym: irriteren
- (transitive) to rouse, to provoke
- (transitive, obsolete) to torment, to plague, to bother
- Synonyms: kwellen, plagen
Inflection
| Inflection of tergen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | tergen | |||
| past singular | tergde | |||
| past participle | getergd | |||
| infinitive | tergen | |||
| gerund | tergen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | terg | tergde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | tergt | tergde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | tergt | tergde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | tergt | tergde | ||
| 3rd person singular | tergt | tergde | ||
| plural | tergen | tergden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | terge | tergde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | tergen | tergden | ||
| imperative sing. | terg | |||
| imperative plur.1 | tergt | |||
| participles | tergend | getergd | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Descendants
- Afrikaans: terg
- → Aukan: teligi
- → Saramaccan: teegi