dregen

From Middle Low German drêgen, from Old Saxon driogan.

• IPA^(key): [ˈdrɛɪ̯ɡŋ̩]

dregen (third-person singular simple present drüggt, past tense droog, past participle dragen, auxiliary verb hebben)

1. (transitive) to deceive
2. (intransitive) to be deceptive

• de Schien drüggt
• bedregen

• Drug
• dreeglig

From Middle Low German dragen, draghen, from Old Saxon dragan, from Proto-West Germanic *dragan, from Proto-Germanic *draganą (“draw, pull, carry”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- (“pull, draw, drag”). Compare Dutch dragen, German tragen, English draw, Danish drage.

• drägen (New Saxon Spelling)

dregen (third-person singular simple present driggt, past tense droog, past participle dragen, auxiliary verb wesen or hebben)

1. (transitive) to carry, to take
   • Un wat ook kamen mag,
     weer dat en düüstere Dag,
     weer dat Glück oder Freud,
     wi dreegt dat beid!

     And come what may,
     be it a dark day,
     be it lucky or joyous,
     we take them both! (house blessing)

2. (transitive) to hold
3. (transitive or intransitive, fashion) to wear
4. (transitive, agriculture) to produce, to bear, to yield
5. (transitive) to support, to maintain
6. (intransitive, agriculture) to crop
7. (reflexive, finance) to pay for itself