graag

Inherited from Dutch graag

• IPA^(key): /χrɑːχ/

graag

1. gladly, eagerly (meaning that the subject is eager to perform the action of the verb)

   Ek wil graag saamkom! ― I would love to come along!

From Middle Dutch gradig (“desirous, willing”), from Old Dutch *grādag (“desirous, hungry”), from Proto-West Germanic *grādag, from Proto-Germanic *grēdagaz (“hungry”).

• IPA^(key): /ɣraːx/

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• Hyphenation: graag
• Rhymes: -aːx

graag (comparative liever, superlative liefst)

1. willingly, gladly (meaning that the subject enjoys doing the action of the verb)

   Synonyms: gaarne, geire

   Ik loop graag op het strand. ― I gladly walk on the beach.

• Afrikaans: graag
• Negerhollands: graag, graeg

graag

1. please (when being offered something)

   "Wilt u nog een kopje thee?" "Ja, graag."

   "Would you like another cup of tea?" "Yes, please."

graag

1. (uncommon) alternative spelling of grag: gray/grey

   Synonyms: graf (inflected: graw-), grau

• gragen

graag

1. (East Frisian, uncommon) alternative spelling of grag: with pleasure; usually expressed verbally in English, with like, enjoy etc.

• Der Sprachschatz der Sassen. Ein Wörterbuch der Plattdeütschen Sprache in den hauptsächlichsten ihrer Mundarten. Gesammelt und herausgegeben von Dr. Heinrich Berghaus. Erster Band: A–H., Adolph Müller's Verlag, Brandenburg, 1880, p. 601:
  • "Graf, Flect. graw, – gew. grau. adj. Grau. [...]"
  • "Grag, graag, grau. adj. Grau; [...]"
  • "Grag, graag, adv. Ostfriesisch für gern. cfr. Geern [...]"
  • "Gragen. v. Grau werden, graue Haare bekommen."