träge

Meaning

  1. lazy, idle
  2. listless, sluggish, lacking impetus
  3. inert
  4. slow-blow (of an electrical fuse)

Frequency

22k
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

lamaaschig

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

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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