bedrage

From Middle Low German bedrēgen, from Proto-West Germanic *bidreugan, cognate with German betrügen, Dutch bedriegen, derived from Proto-Germanic *dreuganą, hence German trügen, Gothic 𐌳𐍂𐌹𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌽 (driugan). The Danish verb has been assimilated to the native word drage (“to draw”).

• IPA^(key): [b̥eˈd̥ʁɑˀwə], [b̥eˈd̥ʁɑwˀə]

bedrage (present tense bedrager, past tense bedrog or bedragede, past participle bedraget, c bedragen, definite or plural bedragne)

1. to deceive
2. to betray
3. (law) to defraud

   Synonyms: snyde, svige

• bedrag
• bedrager
• bedrageri

• “bedrage” in Den Danske Ordbog

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bedrage

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of bedragen

• IPA^(key): /beˈdrɑ.ɡe/, [beˈdrɑ.ɣe]

bedrage

1. inflection of bedragan:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. singular present subjunctive

From Old Frisian bidriāga, from Proto-West Germanic *bidreugan.

• IPA^(key): /bəˈdraːɣə/

bedrage

1. to deceive

• “bedrage (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011