Danish edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Low German bedrēgen, from Proto-West Germanic *bidreugan, cognate with German betrügen, Dutch bedriegen, derived from Proto-Germanic *dreuganą, hence German trügen, Gothic 𐌳𐍂𐌹𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌽 (driugan). The Danish verb has been assimilated to the native word drage (to draw).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [b̥eˈd̥ʁɑˀwə], [b̥eˈd̥ʁɑwˀə]

Verb edit

bedrage (present tense bedrager, past tense bedrog or bedragede, past participle bedraget, c bedragen, definite or plural bedragne)

  1. to deceive
  2. to betray

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

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Verb edit

bedrage

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of bedragen

West Frisian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Frisian bidriāga, from Proto-West Germanic *bidreugan.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

bedrage

  1. to deceive

Inflection edit

Strong class 6
infinitive bedrage
3rd singular past bedreach
past participle bedragen
infinitive bedrage
long infinitive bedragen
gerund bedragen n
auxiliary hawwe
indicative present tense past tense
1st singular bedraach bedreach
2nd singular bedraachst bedreachst
3rd singular bedraacht bedreach
plural bedrage bedreagen
imperative bedraach
participles bedragend bedragen

Further reading edit

  • bedrage (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011