gnaga

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • gnage (e-infinitive)
  • gnågå, gnåggå (dialectal)

Etymology

From Old Norse gnaga. Akin to English gnaw.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²ɡnɑːɡɑ/

Verb

gnaga (present tense gnagar or gneg, past tense gnaga or gnog, past participle gnaga or gnege, present participle gnagande, imperative gnag)

  1. to gnaw

Derived terms

Further reading

Old Norse

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *gnaganą.

Verb

gnaga (singular past indicative gnagaði, plural past indicative gnǫguðu, past participle gnagaðr)

  1. to gnaw

Conjugation

Conjugation of gnaga — active (weak class 2)
infinitive gnaga
present participle gnagandi
past participle gnagaðr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular gnaga gnagaða gnaga gnagaða
2nd person singular gnagar gnagaðir gnagir gnagaðir
3rd person singular gnagar gnagaði gnagi gnagaði
1st person plural gnǫgum gnǫguðum gnagim gnagaðim
2nd person plural gnagið gnǫguðuð gnagið gnagaðið
3rd person plural gnaga gnǫguðu gnagi gnagaði
imperative present
2nd person singular gnaga
1st person plural gnǫgum
2nd person plural gnagið
Conjugation of gnaga — mediopassive (weak class 2)
infinitive gnagask
present participle gnagandisk
past participle gnagazk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular gnǫgumk gnǫguðumk gnǫgumk gnǫguðumk
2nd person singular gnagask gnagaðisk gnagisk gnagaðisk
3rd person singular gnagask gnagaðisk gnagisk gnagaðisk
1st person plural gnǫgumsk gnǫguðumsk gnagimsk gnagaðimsk
2nd person plural gnagizk gnǫguðuzk gnagizk gnagaðizk
3rd person plural gnagask gnǫguðusk gnagisk gnagaðisk
imperative present
2nd person singular gnagask
1st person plural gnǫgumsk
2nd person plural gnagizk

Descendants

  • Danish: gnave
  • Elfdalian: gnågå
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gnage
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gnage, gnaga, (dialectal): gnåggå
  • Swedish: gnaga
  • English: gnag

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish gnagha, from Old Norse gnaga, from Proto-Germanic *gnaganą.

Verb

gnaga (present gnager, preterite gnagde, supine gnagt, imperative gnag)

  1. to gnaw
    gnaga på ett ben
    gnaw on a bone
  2. (figuratively) to gnaw, to nag
    gnagande tvivel
    nagging doubts

Conjugation

Conjugation of gnaga (weak)
active passive
infinitive gnaga gnagas
supine gnagt gnagts
imperative gnag
imper. plural1 gnagen
present past present past
indicative gnager gnagde gnags, gnages gnagdes
ind. plural1 gnaga gnagde gnagas gnagdes
subjunctive2 gnage gnagde gnages gnagdes
present participle gnagande
past participle gnagd

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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