gnaga

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• gnage (e-infinitive)
• gnågå, gnåggå (dialectal)

Etymology

From Old Norse gnaga. Akin to English gnaw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ɡnɑːɡɑ/

Verb

gnaga (present tense gnagar or gneg, past tense gnaga or gnog, past participle gnaga or gnege, present participle gnagande, imperative gnag)

1. to gnaw

Derived terms

• musegnag

Further reading

• “gnaga” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *gnaganą.

Verb

gnaga (singular past indicative gnagaði, plural past indicative gnǫguðu, past participle gnagaðr)

1. to gnaw

Conjugation

Conjugation of gnaga — active (weak class 2)

infinitive	gnaga
present participle	gnagandi
past participle	gnagaðr
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	gnaga	gnagaða		gnaga	gnagaða
2nd person singular	gnagar	gnagaðir		gnagir	gnagaðir
3rd person singular	gnagar	gnagaði		gnagi	gnagaði
1st person plural	gnǫgum	gnǫguðum		gnagim	gnagaðim
2nd person plural	gnagið	gnǫguðuð		gnagið	gnagaðið
3rd person plural	gnaga	gnǫguðu		gnagi	gnagaði
imperative	present
2nd person singular	gnaga
1st person plural	gnǫgum
2nd person plural	gnagið

Conjugation of gnaga — mediopassive (weak class 2)

infinitive	gnagask
present participle	gnagandisk
past participle	gnagazk
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	gnǫgumk	gnǫguðumk		gnǫgumk	gnǫguðumk
2nd person singular	gnagask	gnagaðisk		gnagisk	gnagaðisk
3rd person singular	gnagask	gnagaðisk		gnagisk	gnagaðisk
1st person plural	gnǫgumsk	gnǫguðumsk		gnagimsk	gnagaðimsk
2nd person plural	gnagizk	gnǫguðuzk		gnagizk	gnagaðizk
3rd person plural	gnagask	gnǫguðusk		gnagisk	gnagaðisk
imperative	present
2nd person singular	gnagask
1st person plural	gnǫgumsk
2nd person plural	gnagizk

Descendants

• Danish: gnave
• Elfdalian: gnågå
• Norwegian Bokmål: gnage
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gnage, gnaga, (dialectal): gnåggå
• Swedish: gnaga
• → English: gnag

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish gnagha, from Old Norse gnaga, from Proto-Germanic *gnaganą.

Verb

gnaga (present gnager, preterite gnagde, supine gnagt, imperative gnag)

1. to gnaw

   gnaga på ett ben

   gnaw on a bone

2. (figuratively) to gnaw, to nag

   gnagande tvivel

   nagging doubts

Conjugation

Conjugation of gnaga (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	gnaga		gnagas
supine	gnagt		gnagts
imperative	gnag		—
imper. plural1	gnagen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	gnager	gnagde	gnags, gnages	gnagdes
ind. plural1	gnaga	gnagde	gnagas	gnagdes
subjunctive2	gnage	gnagde	gnages	gnagdes
present participle		gnagande
past participle		gnagd

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• avgnaga
• gnagare
• gnagning

See also

• nagga

References

• gnaga in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• gnaga in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• gnaga in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• gagna