taugen

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German tougen, tugen, tügen, from Old High German tugan (attested since the 9th century); from Proto-Germanic *duganą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewgʰ- (“to produce”). Germanic cognates include Yiddish טויגן (toygn), Old Saxon dugan, Dutch deugen (> Afrikaans deug), Old English dugan (obsolete Modern English dow), Old Norse duga (> Icelandic duga, Faroese duga, Norwegian duge, Swedish duga, Danish du) and Gothic 𐌳𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌽 (dugan). Related to German Tugend and tüchtig. Non-Germanic cognates include Ancient Greek τύχη (túkhē, “fate, chance, luck”), Irish dual (“proper, fitting”), Scottish Gaelic duan (“song, poem, harmonious sounds”), Sanskrit दोग्धि (dṓgdhi, “to milk, to extract”), Lithuanian daũg (“much”), Latvian daudz (“much, a lot”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈtaʊ̯ɡn̩] Hyphenation: tau‧gen === Verb === taugen (weak, third-person singular present taugt, past tense taugte, past participle getaugt, auxiliary haben) (chiefly in the negative) to be fit Synonym: geeignet sein Er taugt nicht für diese Arbeit. ― He's not up to the job. (Austria, Bavaria, Southern, intransitive) to like, to be pleased, to enjoy Synonym: gefallen Das Spiel taugt mir sehr! ― I enjoy the game very much! ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Taugen taugend tauglich ==== Related terms ==== Taugenichts m tüchtig Tugend f === References === === Further reading === “taugen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “taugen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. “taugen” in Duden online “taugen” in OpenThesaurus.de