Noun: plug
Gender: Masculine
Hyphenation:
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like plug
boogbrug,
bergrug,
sneeuwmug,
aanvalsvlag,
topoverleg,
doodskopvlag,
persoonsdag,
open rug,
bultrug,
luchtbrug,
spoorbrug,
regenboogvlag,
scheepslog,
peppelvlag,
ophaalbrug,
zilverrug,
vakwerkbrug,
fietsbrug,
leeuwenvlag,
heuvelrug, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Germanic *plugjaz
3. Old Dutch *pluggi
4. Middle Dutch *plugge
5. Dutch plugge
6. Dutch plug
7. From early modern plugge, from Middle Dutch *plugge, from Old Dutch *pluggi, from Proto-Germanic *plugjaz, of uncertain ultimate origin, but perhaps from the same source as plag (“cut-out sod”), itself considered to be from a substrate.
8. Despite being attested only very late, it has certain cognates in several other Germanic languages, including Middle Low German plugge, Middle High German plugge, Swedish plugg. See: Swedish Nouns '
plugg'.
Verbs referencing "plug"
English Nouns
plug, German Nouns
Pflock.
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