1. to carry, to bear
2. to wear (Clothes, Makeup and similar things)
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Vocab:
tragen, vertragen, ertragen, der Betrag, der Vertrag, der Auftrag, beauftragen, der Antrag, übertragen, träge, eintragen,...
Word Family
Root: *dhregh-
The core idea of this root was:
dragging (across a surface)
In German, it eventually changed to the idea of carrying (tragen). In English, it stayed closer to the original in the words to drag and to draw, the latter having focused on the pulling.
It is possible that the Latin trahere (to pull, to draw) also has ties to this root. Etymologists find it likely, but they don’t have enough evidence to call it “certain”.
trahere is the origin of a whole boatload of words:
- train (“pulls”)
- tract (“a course, a duration” – think of a line drawn)
- contract (“pull together”)
- retract (“pull back”)
- subtract (“pull down”)
- abstract (“pull away”)
Also likely but not 100 certain is a connection to the Germanic branch around trek, track and trigger.
Last but not least, etymologists speculate that also the verb trinken/to drink might belong to this family, with an original sense of “drawing into your mouth”. Think of someone drinking from a river, for example.
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I found antragen sobbing in the corner as it wasn’t included and felt very sorry for it :)!
Do I assume that antragen means something like to put an offer to someone, since der antrag is an application.
Your hunch is right, but “antragen” isn’t really a thing.
I had to check Duden to see if they had an entry for it (they do). In my world, it doesn’t exist and you should absolutely never try use it in daily life.