draga

See also: Draga, drága, dragá, dragà, dragă, and drąga

Catalan

Verb

draga

1. inflection of dragar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Faroese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrɛːa/
• Rhymes: -ɛːa

Verb

draga (third person singular past indicative dró, third person plural past indicative drógu, supine drigið)

1. to draw, to pull

Conjugation

Conjugation of draga (group v-67)
infinitive	draga
supine	drigið
participle (a26)1	dragandi	drigin
	present	past
first singular	dragi	dró
second singular	dregur	dró(st)
third singular	dregur	dró
plural	draga	drógu
	imperative
singular	drag!
plural	dragið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtraːɣa/
• Rhymes: -aːɣa

Verb

draga (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative dró, third-person plural past indicative drógu, supine dregið)

1. to draw, drag, pull

Derived terms

Derived terms

• draga á tálar
• draga augað í pung
• draga inn
• dragast
• draga úr
• kjöldraga
• draga í land

Anagrams

• dagar

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdra.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -aɡa
• Hyphenation: drà‧ga

Etymology 1

Noun

draga f (plural draghe)

1. (nautical) dredger
2. dredge

Related terms

• dragaggio
• escavatore

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

draga

1. inflection of dragare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• Garda

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• dra (short form)
• drage (e infinitive)
• dråggå (Trøndelag dialect)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²drɑːɡɑ/

Verb

draga (present tense dreg, simple past drog, supine drege, past participle dregen, present participle dragande, imperative drag)

1. to pull; drag
2. to leave; depart; go

   å draga på ferie

   to go on holiday

Derived terms

• dragkamp
• oppdra

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdrɑːɡɑ/

Noun

draga n

1. definite plural of drag

References

• “draga” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• dræga (Trønder dialect of Old Norwegian)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *draganą. More cognates: see there. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ-.

Verb

draga (singular past indicative dró, plural past indicative drógu, past participle dregit)

1. to draw, drag, pull

Conjugation

Conjugation of draga — active (strong class 6)

infinitive	draga
present participle	dragandi
past participle	dreginn
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	dreg	dró
2nd-person singular	dregr	drótt
3rd-person singular	dregr	dró
1st-person plural	drǫgum	drógum
2nd-person plural	dragið	dróguð
3rd-person plural	draga	drógu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	draga	drœga
2nd-person singular	dragir	drœgir
3rd-person singular	dragi	drœgi
1st-person plural	dragim	drœgim
2nd-person plural	dragið	drœgið
3rd-person plural	dragi	drœgi
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	drag
1st-person plural	drǫgum
2nd-person plural	dragið

Conjugation of draga — mediopassive (strong class 6)

infinitive	dragask
present participle	dragandisk
past participle	dregizk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	drǫgumk	drógumk
2nd-person singular	dregsk	drózk
3rd-person singular	dregsk	drósk
1st-person plural	drǫgumsk	drógumsk
2nd-person plural	dragizk	dróguzk
3rd-person plural	dragask	drógusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	drǫgumk	drœgumk
2nd-person singular	dragisk	drœgisk
3rd-person singular	dragisk	drœgisk
1st-person plural	dragimsk	drœgimsk
2nd-person plural	dragizk	drœgizk
3rd-person plural	dragisk	drœgisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	dragsk
1st-person plural	drǫgumsk
2nd-person plural	dragizk

Descendants

• Icelandic: draga
• Faroese: draga
• Norn: draga
• Norwegian Bokmål: dra
• Norwegian Nynorsk: draga, dra
• Elfdalian: drågå
• Old Swedish: dragha
  • Swedish: draga, dra
  • → Finnish: raahata
• Scanian: drağa
• Danish: drage
• Gutnish: dräge, dräg', dräga, draga, dra
• → Middle English: dragen, draggen
  • Scots: dreg
  • English: drag

References

• “draga”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
• M. Hægstad (1899) Gamalt trøndermaal : upplysningar um maalet i Trøndelag fyrr 1350 og ei utgreiding um vokalverket, page 36</ref>

Portuguese

Verb

draga

1. inflection of dragar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French draguer.

Verb

a draga (third-person singular present draghează, past participle dragat) 1st conjugation

1. to dredge

Conjugation

    conjugation of draga (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a draga
gerund			dragând
past participle			dragat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	draghez	draghezi	draghează	dragăm	dragați	draghează
	imperfect	dragam	dragai	draga	dragam	dragați	dragau
	simple perfect	dragai	dragași	dragă	dragarăm	dragarăți	dragară
	pluperfect	dragasem	dragaseși	dragase	dragaserăm	dragaserăți	dragaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să draghez	să draghezi	să dragheze	să dragăm	să dragați	să dragheze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		draghează			dragați
	negative		nu draga			nu dragați

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dorga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /drâɡa/
• Hyphenation: dra‧ga

Noun

drȁga f (Cyrillic spelling дра̏га)

1. bay, gulf

Declension

Declension of draga

	singular	plural
nominative	drȁga	drage
genitive	drage	drȃgā
dative	drȁzi	dragama
accusative	dragu	drage
vocative	drago	drage
locative	drȁzi	dragama
instrumental	dragom	dragama

Etymology 2

From drȃg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /drâːɡaː/
• Hyphenation: dra‧ga

Noun

drȃgā f (Cyrillic spelling дра̑га̄)

1. sweetheart, beloved, love, darling, dear (female)

Declension

Declension of draga

	singular	plural
nominative	drȃgā	drage
genitive	drage	draga
dative	drȃgōj	dragama
accusative	dragu	drage
vocative	draga	drage
locative	drȃgōj	dragama
instrumental	dragom	dragama

Adjective

draga

1. inflection of drag:
   1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
   2. indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular
   3. indefinite animate masculine accusative singular
   4. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

References

• “draga”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
• “draga”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Spanish

Verb

draga

1. inflection of dragar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish dragha, from Old Norse draga, from Proto-Germanic *draganą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ-. In some senses, from Middle Low German dragen (“carry”) (compare German tragen).

Verb

draga (present drager, preterite drog, supine dragit, imperative drag)

1. Dated form of dra.

Conjugation

Conjugation of draga (class 6 strong)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	draga		dragas
Supine	dragit		dragits
Imperative	drag		—
Imper. plural1	dragen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	drager	drog	drages	drogs
Ind. plural1	draga	drogo	dragas	drogos
Subjunctive2	drage	droge	drages	droges
	Participles
Present participle	dragande
Past participle	dragen
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Further reading

• draga in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• dagar