taugen

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (weak) to be fit
2. (Austria,Bavaria,Southern,intransitive,weak) to like, to be pleased, to enjoy

Concepten

deugen

geschikt zijn

voldoen

geschikt zijn

Met koppelteken als

tau‧gen

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

[ˈtaʊ̯ɡn̩]

Etymologie (Engels)

From Middle High German tougen, tugen, tügen, from Old High German tugan (attested since the 9th century); from Proto-Germanic *duganą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewgʰ- (“to produce”).
Germanic Cognates include Yiddish טויגן (toygn), Old Saxon dugan, Dutch deugen (> Afrikaans deug), Old English dugan (obsolete Modern English dow), Old Norse duga (> Icelandic duga, Faroese duga, Norwegian duge, Swedish duga, Danish du) and Gothic 𐌳𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌽 (dugan). Related to German Tugend and tüchtig.
Non-Germanic-Cognates include Ancient Greek τύχη (túkhē, “fate, chance, luck”), Irish dual (“proper, fitting”), Scottish Gaelic duan (“song, poem, harmonious sounds”), Sanskrit दोग्धि (dṓgdhi, “to milk, to extract”), Lithuanian daũg (“much”), Latvian daudz (“much, a lot”).