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drage.

dragon (mythical creature)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈd̥ʁɑːwə][ˈd̥ʁɑːʊ]

  1. dragon (mythical creature)

    common-gender

  2. drake (a small type of wingless dragon)

    common-gender

  3. kite

    common-gender

  4. hang glider (unpowered aircraft)

    common-gender

  5. dragon keelboat

    common-gender

  6. Viking longship

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

From Old Danish draghæ, drake, Old East Norse *draki, from Proto-West Germanic *drakō.

noun[d̥ʁɑˈɕe]

  1. dragée

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

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

verb[ˈd̥ʁɑːwə][ˈd̥ʁɑːʊ]

  1. draw

  2. attract, allure

  3. go, march, travel

Where this word comes from

From Old Danish draghæ, 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-).

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