tergen
Meaning
- (transitive) to anger, to aggravate
- (transitive) to irritate, to annoy
- (transitive) to rouse, to provoke
- (obsolete, transitive) to torment, to plague, to bother
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Translations
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈtɛr.ɣə(n)/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle Dutch tergen, from Old Dutch *tergen, from Proto-West Germanic *targijan, from Proto-Germanic *targijaną. Cognate with German Low German targen, English tarry.
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