plegen.
to do (something) habitually, customarily
Meaning & usage
to do (something) habitually, customarily
Mijn grootvader pleegt na het middageten een pijp te roken.
to usually happen
Op onze wandelvakanties placht het vaak te regenen.
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch plien, later plēgen, originally a class 4 strong verb. Presumably from Old Dutch *plian, from Proto-West Germanic *plehan (“to vouch for”). However, the form plegan already occurs in Old Dutch with -g-, and likewise for Old Saxon plegan and Old High German pflegan, so it is not certain what the exact relationship between the words is.
to commit (a crime)
to care for
Where this word comes from
From the same origin as above. The formation of the weak past occurred in early modern Dutch.
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