plagen
German, verb
plagen is spelled P-L-A-G-E-N (6 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written German, the 23,884th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Plagen is a German verb meaning “to plague” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Plagen is a different word: “plural of Plage”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich großen Anstrengungen unterziehen”.
What does plagen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to plague
noun
- 1
feminineplural of Plage
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich großen Anstrengungen unterziehen 2. Beschwerden verursachen, lästig werden
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of plagen
- plagt present singular third-person
- plagte past
- geplagt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- plagend participle present
- plage first-person indicative present
- plagst indicative present second-person
- plagest second-person singular subjunctive
- plaget plural second-person subjunctive
- plagten first-person indicative plural
- plagtest indicative preterite second-person
- plagtet indicative plural preterite
- plag imperative second-person singular
- habe geplagt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geplagt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- plag! imperative singular
- plage! imperative singular
- plagt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to plagen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is plagen in German?
plagen appears 2.0 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).