Middle High German

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old High German triugan, triogan, from Proto-Germanic *dreuganą.

Verb

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triegen (class 2 strong, third-person singular present triuget, past tense trouc, past participle getrogen, past subjunctive trüge, auxiliary hân)

  1. to deceive
    Mîn herze trouc mich.My heart deceived me.

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • German: trügen

References

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