jage

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German jagen, from Old High German jagōn.

Verb

jage (Uri)

1. to hunt
2. (of goats) to be in heat

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 60.

Danish

FWOTD – 25 November 2016

Etymology

From Middle Low German jagen (“to hunt”), from Old Saxon jagōn, from Proto-West Germanic *jagōn, cognate with German jagen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjaːɣə/, [ˈjæːjə], [ˈjæːæ], [ˈjɛːɪ]

Verb

jage (past tense jagede or jog, past participle jaget)

1. to hunt, shoot
2. to chase
3. to drive
4. to hound
5. to hurry

Conjugation

Inflection of jage

	present	past
simple	jager	jagede or jog
perfect	har jaget	havde jaget
passive	jages	jagedes or (rare) joges
participle	jagende	jaget
imperative	jag	—
infinitive	jage	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	jagen	—

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:jage.

Dutch

Verb

jage

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

German

Verb

jage

1. inflection of jagen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative
   3. first/third-person singular subjunctive I

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German jagen; compare German jagen.

Verb

jage (imperative jag, present tense jager, passive jages, simple past jaga or jaget or jagde or jog, past participle jaga or jaget or jagd, present participle jagende)

1. to chase
2. to hunt
3. to drive away / off / out

References

• “jage” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

jage (present tense jagar, past tense jaga, past participle jaga, passive infinitive jagast, present participle jagande, imperative jage/jag)

1. Alternative form of jaga

Uyajitaya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɑɡɛ/

Noun

jage

1. water

Further reading

• Alison Kassell, Philip Lambrecht, Margaret Potter, Sarah Tucker, The sociolinguistic situation of the Uyajitaya [duk] language (2008)