ploeg

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine, masculine) plough
2. (feminine, masculine) team; crew
3. (feminine, masculine) shift of people working in turn

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular) inflection of ploegen:
2. (form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular) inflection of ploegen:
3. (form-of, imperative) inflection of ploegen:

ploegen

• Verb
• Noun

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Concepts

plough

plow

team

crew

squad

gang

side

group

shift

staff

brigade

unit

business

company

detachment

force

plica

plication

set

Synonyms

team

vendel

compagnie

rot

bemanning

equipe

elftal

gezelschap

kant

teamlid

brigade

detachement

groep

maatschappij

ploegen

vennootschap

afdeling

Translations

Pflug

équipe

charrue

arado

arado

aratro

Mannschaft

squadra

equipo

equipe

arada

time

compagnie

aratrum

Pronounced as (IPA)

/plux/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: ploech

Inherited from Old Dutch: *pluog

In summary

From Middle Dutch ploech, from Old Dutch *pluog, from Proto-Germanic *plōgaz. The sense “team” originally derives from the team of animals drawing one plough.