dugan

See also: Dugan, du gan, and ɖu gan

Gothic

Romanization

dugan

1. romanization of 𐌳𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌽

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *dugan.

Verb

dugan

1. to have value

Inflection

Conjugation of dugan (preterite-present)

infinitive	dugan
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	dōg	dohta
2nd person singular	dōht	dohtos
3rd person singular	dōg	dohta
1st person plural	dugon	dohton
2nd person plural	dugot	dohtot
3rd person plural	dugon	dohton
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	dugi	duhti
2nd person singular	dugis	duhtis
3rd person singular	dugi	duhti
1st person plural	dugin	duhtin
2nd person plural	dugit	duhtit
3rd person plural	dugin	duhtin
imperative	present
singular	-
plural	-
participle	present	past
	dugandi	gidoht

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: dōgen
  • Dutch: deugen
    • Afrikaans: deug

Further reading

• “dugan”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *dugan, from Proto-Germanic *duganą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdu.ɡɑn/, [ˈdu.ɣɑn]

Verb

dugan

1. to avail, to be of use, to serve
   • þonne his ellen dēah ― when his valour avails
2. to be fit or strong
3. to be good, for a purpose
   • Leech Book, Leech Book, Volume II, xxxiv.

     Wiþ latre meltunge. Olisatrum hātte wyrt sēo dēah tō drincanne.

     For late digestion; a wort hight olusatrum, which is good to drink.

   • Leech Book, Leech Book, Volume I, Fiveleaf, or Cinquefoil. III.

     Wiþ ǣlces dæġes mannes tȳddernysse inneweardes, nime þonne weġbrǣdan, dō on wīn and sūp þ wōs and et þā weġbrǣdan; ðonne dēah hit wið ǣġhwylcre innancundre unhǣlo.

     For every days tenderness of a man inwardly, let him take then waybread, put it in wine, and sip the juice and eat the waybread; then it is good for any inward unheal (infirmity).

Conjugation

Conjugation of dugan (preterite-present)

infinitive	dugan	dugenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	dēag, dēah	dohte
second person singular	dēaht	dohtest
third person singular	dēag, dēah	dohte
plural	dugon	dohton
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	dyġe	dohte
plural	dyġen	dohten
imperative
singular	dyġe
plural	dugaþ
participle	present	past
	dugende	—

Related terms

• dyhtiġ
• dohtiġ
• duguþ

Descendants

• Middle English: douen, dowen, duhen, duȝen
  • English: dow (obsolete)
  • Scots: dow

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *dugan. Cognate with Old English dugan.

Verb

dugan

1. to avail, to serve
2. to be fit, to be strong
3. to be of good quality

Conjugation

Conjugation of dugan (preterite-present)

infinitive	dugan
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	dōh, dōg	dohta
2nd person singular	dōht	dohtes
3rd person singular	dōh, dōg	dohta
plural	dugun	dohtun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	dugi	dohti
2nd person singular	dugis	dohtis
3rd person singular	dugi	dohti
plural	dugin	dohtin
imperative	present
singular	—
plural	—
participle	present	past
	dugandi	—

Descendants

• Middle Low German: dōgen
  • Low German: dögen

Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [duˈɡan]

Noun

dugan (nominative plural dugans)

1. leader

Declension

Declension of dugan

	singular	plural
nominative	dugan	dugans
genitive	dugana	duganas
dative	dugane	duganes
accusative	dugani	duganis
vocative 1	o dugan!	o dugans!
predicative 2	duganu	duganus

¹ status as a case is disputed
² in later, non-classical Volapük only