# drog
## English
### Alternative forms

* drouge

### Verb

drog (third-person singular simple present drogs, present participle drogging, simple past and past participle drogged)
* (obsolete, transitive) To carry in a drogher.

## Cornish
### Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *drug, from Proto-Celtic *drukos (compare Old Irish droch and Welsh drwg).

### Pronunciation

* (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA: [drɔːɡ]
* (Revived Late Cornish) IPA: [droːɡ]

### Adjective

drog (comparative gweth, superlative gwetha)
* bad
* evil, wicked

## Danish
### Etymology 1

Related to drage (“draw, go”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /drɔv/, [d̥ʁɒw]

#### Noun

drog n (singular definite droget, plural indefinite drog)
* layabout

##### Inflection
### Etymology 2

See drage.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /droːɡ/, [d̥ʁowˀ]

#### Verb

drog
* past of drage

## Dutch
### Alternative forms

* droch (obsolete)
* drogh (obsolete)

### Etymology

From Middle Dutch droch, ultimately from the second element of bedriegen (“to deceive”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdrɔx/
* Hyphenation: drog
* Rhymes: -ɔx

### Noun

drog n (uncountable)
* (obsolete) deceit, falsehood

#### Derived terms

* drogbeeld
* drogreden
* drogredenaar

#### Related terms

* bedriegen
* bedrog

## Hungarian
### Etymology

Internationalism from French drogue, ultimately from Dutch.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdroɡ]
* Rhymes: -oɡ

### Noun

drog (plural drogok)
* drug (mind-altering substance)
    Synonym: kábítószer

#### Derived terms

* kapudrog

### References

* ↑ Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (“Explanatory Dictionary Plus”). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN

### Further reading

* drog in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

## Norn
### Etymology

From Old Norse draugr, from Proto-Germanic *draugaz.

### Noun

drog m
* gnome, troll

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* dro

### Verb

drog
* simple past of dra

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Verb

drog
* past of dra

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /droːɡ/, [droːɣ]

### Verb

drōg
* first/third-person singular preterite indicative of dragan

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French drogue.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /droɡ/

### Noun

drog n (plural droguri)
* drug

#### Related terms

* droga
* droghist

### Further reading

* drog in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Slovene
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *drǫgъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dróːk/

### Noun

drọ̑g m inan
* pole, stick

#### Inflection
### Further reading

* “drog”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

## Swedish
### Etymology 1

From French drogue.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /droːɡ/

#### Noun

drog c
* a drug, a narcotic
    I våldets Sverige får hederliga medborgare flytta åt sidan, i rädsla för att va' [vara] nästa som drabbats av våldsverkaren. Med vapen i hand, med drogögon mitt i ansiktet, så vet vi inte vad den här personen är kapabel att göra.In a Sweden plagued by violence [in the violence's Sweden], honest citizens get to move aside, out of fear of being the next person to have been [perhaps misspoken – "drabbas" would be "to be"] struck by [affected by, of something negative] the assailant [person who commits a violent act (often)]. With weapon in hand, with drug eyes right in the middle of the face [sic], we don't know what this person is capable of doing. ((in)famous quote from a speech by Swedish ex-prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt)

##### Usage notes

Läkemedel or medicin are the usual terms for drugs used medically. Drog leans heavily towards illegal recreational drugs in Swedish.

##### Related terms

* droga
* drogberoende

##### See also

* knark
* läkemedel
* narkotika

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /druːɡ/

#### Verb

drog
* past indicative of dra
* past indicative of draga

### References

* drog in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* drog in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* drog in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)