träge
Meaning
- lazy, idle
- listless, sluggish, lacking impetus
- inert
- slow-blow (of an electrical fuse)
Concepts
slow-going
feel heavy
hanging down
Synonyms
arbeitsscheu
dickfellig
Schwerfälligkeit
sich hinziehend
tranig
geistig schwerfällig
apatisch
verblast
mit gerunzelter Haut
ohne Ehrgeiz
dickhäutig
empfindungslos
energielos
herabhängend
Poncho
Frequency
Hyphenated as
trä‧ge
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈtʁɛːɡə/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German træge, from Old High German trāgi, from or related to Proto-West Germanic *tregō, from Proto-Germanic *tregô (“sadness”). Cognate to Dutch traag (“slow”), Old Norse tregr.
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