# jagen
## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch jāgen, from Old Dutch *jagon, from Proto-West Germanic *jagōn.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈjaːɣə(n)/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ja‧gen
* Rhymes: -aːɣən

### Verb

jagen
* (transitive) to hunt
* (transitive) to tug (a boat) (not by other vessels)
* (ergative) to move quickly

#### Derived terms

* jaaglijn
* jaagpaard
* jaagtouw
* aanjagen
* achteraanjagen
* achterjagen
* achternajagen
* achteruitjagen
* afjagen
* bejagen
* bijeenjagen
* binnenjagen
* buitenjagen
* de stuipen op het lijf jagen
* doodjagen
* dooreenjagen
* doorjagen
* erdoor jagen
* heenjagen
* injagen
* langsjagen
* medejagen
* meejagen
* najagen
* nederjagen
* neerjagen
* omhoogjagen
* omjagen
* omverjagen
* ondereenjagen
* onderjagen
* ontjagen
* op stang jagen
* opeenjagen
* opjagen
* overjagen
* rondjagen
* samenjagen
* tegenjagen
* terugjagen
* toejagen
* uiteenjagen
* uitjagen
* verderjagen
* verjagen
* voorbijjagen
* voorjagen
* voortjagen
* voortsjagen
* vooruitjagen
* wederjagen
* wegjagen

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: jaag
* Berbice Creole Dutch: jagi
* Negerhollands: jaak, jaag, ak
* → Aukan: yaki
* → Kwinti: jagi
* → Papiamentu: yag, jaag
* → Saramaccan: jáka
* → Sranan Tongo: yagi, yagigwe, djaggi
** → Caribbean Javanese: yagi, ngyagi

## German
### Etymology

From Middle High German jagen, from Old High German jagōn, from Proto-West Germanic *jagōn.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈjaːɡən/, [ˈjaːɡŋ̩]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aːɡn̩
* Hyphenation: ja‧gen

### Verb

jagen (weak, third-person singular present jagt, past tense jagte, past participle gejagt, auxiliary haben)
* (transitive, hunting) to hunt (game)
* (transitive) to chase, chase after (to follow at speed)
* (transitive) to thrust, pierce [with durch (+ accusative) ‘through’ or in (+ accusative) ‘into’]
    jemandem eine Kugel durchs Herz jagen ― to thrust a bullet through someone's heart
* (intransitive) to rush, hustle
    Synonym: hetzen
    Franz jagt im komplett verfahrlosten Taxi quer durch Bayern. (common German pangram, not including äöüß)Franz rushes all across Bavaria in a completely dilapidated taxi.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.

#### Derived terms

* abjagen
* bejagen
* davonjagen
* erjagen
* hinaufjagen
* hinausjagen
* hinterherjagen
* hinunterjagen
* hochjagen
* ins Bockshorn jagen
* Jagd
* Jagen
* Jäger
* nachjagen
* verjagen
* wegjagen

### Further reading

* “jagen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* “jagen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
* “jagen” in Duden online
* “jagen” in OpenThesaurus.de

## German Low German
### Etymology

From Middle Low German jāgen, from Old Saxon jagōn, from Proto-West Germanic *jagōn.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jɒːɡən/, /jɔːɡən/

### Verb

jagen
* (intransitive) to hunt

#### Inflection

Forms from Fritz Reuter:
* 3rd ps. sg. indicative present: jöggt, jagt
* 3rd ps. sg. indicative preterite: jog
* 3rd ps. pl. indicative preterite: jogen

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

From Old Dutch *jagon, from Proto-West Germanic *jagōn.

### Verb

jāgen
* to hunt, to chase, to pursue
* to hunt (animals)
* to drive forward, to impel
* to persue (a goal), to strive for
* to hurry

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

#### Descendants

* Dutch: jagen
** Afrikaans: jaag
** Berbice Creole Dutch: jagi
** Negerhollands: jaak, jaag, ak
** → Aukan: yaki
** → Kwinti: jagi
** → Papiamentu: yag, jaag
** → Saramaccan: jáka
** → Sranan Tongo: yagi, yagigwe, djaggi
*** → Caribbean Javanese: yagi, ngyagi
* Limburgish: jage
* Zealandic: jaege

### Further reading

* “jaghen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “jagen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

## Middle Low German
### Etymology

From Old Saxon jagon, from Proto-West Germanic *jagōn.

### Pronunciation

* (originally) IPA: /jaːɣən/

### Verb

jāgen
* to hunt, to chase

#### Related terms

* jachteren
* jacht

#### Descendants

* Low German: jagen, jogen
** German Low German: jagen
* → Old Norse: jaga
** Faroese: jaga
** Old Danish: jæge
*** Danish: jage
** Swedish: jaga
** Norwegian Bokmål: jage
** Norwegian Nynorsk: jaga, jage
** Gutnish: jage, jaga, jag'
** → Middle English: *yagen, *yawen
*** >? English: yaw
*** Scots: yaag
*** ⇒ Scots: yaggle

## Swedish
### Noun

jagen
* definite plural of jag