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bedregen

bedregen

Low German

Verb

bedregen (third-person singular simple present bedrüggt, past tense bedroog, past participle bedragen, auxiliary verb hebben)

  1. (transitive) to cheat; to swindle
    Mien Fro bedrüggt mi ut verscheden Grünn... My wife cheats on me on several points...
  2. (transitive, law) to defraud
  3. (transitive, marriage) to deceive

Conjugation

Etymology 2

From be- + dregen. Cognate with Dutch bedragen, German betragen.

Verb

bedregen (third-person singular simple present bedriggt, past tense bedroog, past participle bedragen, auxiliary verb wesen or hebben)

  1. (intransitive) to amount to; to be
    Düt bedriggt mehr as twee Million Euro. This amounts to more than two million euros.
    De Bopriesen bedrogen € 125 Million. The building costs amounted to 125 million euros.
  2. (reflexive) to behave
    Düsse Mann bedriggt sik egentlich roor. This man over there behaves strangely.

Conjugation