triegen

Middle High German

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German triugan, triogan, from Proto-Germanic *dreuganą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈtrɪe̯ɡən/

Verb

triegen (class 2 strong, third-person singular present triuget, past tense trouc, past participle getrogen, past subjunctive trüge, auxiliary hān)

  1. to deceive
    Mîn herze trouc mich.My heart deceived me.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • German: trügen

References

  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “triegen”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel