Middle High German edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old High German bitriogan, from Proto-West Germanic *bidreugan.

Verb edit

betriegen (class 2 strong, third-person singular present betriuget, past tense betrouc, past participle betrogen, past subjunctive betrüge, auxiliary hân)

  1. to deceive

Conjugation edit

Descendants edit

  • German: betrügen

References edit

  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “betriegen”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke[1], Stuttgart: S. Hirzel