# drage
## Central Franconian
### Alternative forms

* draan, droon (chiefly Moselle Franconian)

### Etymology

From Middle High German dragen, from Old High German *dragan, northern variant of tragan, from Proto-Germanic *draganą.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdʀaːɣə/

### Verb

drage (third-person singular present drät, past tense drooch, past participle jedrage)
* (most of Ripuarian) to carry, bear, wear

## Danish
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse dreki, borrowed from Middle Low German drake, from Proto-West Germanic *drakō.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈd̥ʁɑːwə], [ˈd̥ʁɑːʊ]

#### Noun

drage c (singular definite dragen, plural indefinite drager)
* dragon (legendary creature)
* drake (a small type of wingless dragon)
* kite
* hang glider (unpowered aircraft)
* dragon keelboat
* Viking longship

##### Inflection
### Etymology 2

From Old Norse draga, from Proto-Germanic *draganą, cognate with English draw and drag and German tragen. The Germanic verb goes back to Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- (“pull, draw, drag”), cf. Ancient Greek τρέχω (trékhō, “to run”) (Latin trahō (“to pull”) has a problematic t-).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈd̥ʁɑːwə], [ˈd̥ʁɑːʊ]

#### Verb

drage (present tense drager, past tense drog, past participle draget, c dragen, definite or plural dragne)
* draw
* attract, allure
* go, march, travel

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 3

From French dragée, via Latin tragēmata n pl (“dried fruits”) from Ancient Greek τραγήματα n pl (tragḗmata, “dried fruits, sweetmeats”).

#### Alternative forms

* dragé

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [d̥ʁɑˈɕe]

#### Noun

drage c (singular definite drageen, plural indefinite drageer)
* dragée

##### Inflection
## Dutch
### Verb

drage
* (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of dragen

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology 1

From Danish drage, from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn) and Old Norse dreki.

#### Alternative forms

* drake

#### Noun

drage m (definite singular dragen, indefinite plural drager, definite plural dragene)
* a dragon
* a kite

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

drage (present tense drager, past tense drog or dro, past participle draget or dragen)
* form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by dra

### References

* “drage” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* draga (a and split infinitives)
* dra (short form)

### Etymology

From Old Norse draga, from Proto-Germanic *draganą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²drɑːɡɑ/

### Verb

drage (present tense dreg, past tense drog, supine drege, past participle dregen, present participle dragande, imperative drag)
* to pull; drag
* to leave; depart; go
    å drage på ferie
       to go on holiday

#### Derived terms

* å dragast
* dragkamp
* oppdra

### References

* “drage” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdrɑ.ɡe/, [ˈdrɑ.ɣe]

### Verb

drage
* inflection of dragan:
** first-person singular present indicative
** singular present subjunctive

## Romanian
### Noun

drage
* plural of dragă

## Serbo-Croatian
### Adjective

drage
* inflection of drag:
** masculine accusative plural
** feminine genitive singular
** feminine nominative/accusative/vocative plural

### Noun

drage (Cyrillic spelling драге)
* nominative/accusative/vocative plural of draga

## West Frisian
### Etymology

From Old Frisian draga, from Proto-West Germanic *dragan.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdraɣə/

### Verb

drage
* to carry

#### Further reading

* “drage”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011