traag

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch trâge, from Old Dutch *trāgi, from Proto-Germanic *trēgijaz; see *tregô (sadness, sluggishness).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /traːx/
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  • Rhymes: -aːx
  • Hyphenation: traag

Adjective

traag (comparative trager, superlative traagst)

  1. slow
    Synonym: langzaam
    Antonyms: snel, vlug

Declension

Declension of traag
uninflected traag
inflected trage
comparative trager
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial traag trager het traagst
het traagste
indefinite m./f. sing. trage tragere traagste
n. sing. traag trager traagste
plural trage tragere traagste
definite trage tragere traagste
partitive traags tragers

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: traag
  • Negerhollands: traag

Low German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʀaːx/

Etymology

Ultimately related to Proto-West Germanic *tregō, from Proto-Germanic *tregô (sadness, sluggishness).[1] Cognate with Dutch traag, German träge.

Adjective

traag (comparative träger, superlative träägst) (German Low German)

traag (comparative trager, superlative traagst) (Dutch Low Saxon)

  1. sluggish
  2. inert

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References

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883), “träge”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891