plegen

• IPA^(key): /ˈpleːɣə(n)/
• Rhymes: -eːɣən

From Middle Dutch plien, later plēgen, originally a class 4 strong verb. Presumably from Old Dutch *plian, from Proto-Germanic *plehaną (“to vouch for”). However, the form plegan already occurs in Old Dutch with -g-, and likewise for Old Saxon plegan and Old High German pflegan, so it is not certain what the exact relationship between the words is.

plegen

1. to do (something) habitually, customarily

   Mijn grootvader pleegt na het middageten een pijp te roken.

   My grandfather usually smokes a pipe after lunch.

2. to usually happen

   Op onze wandelvakanties placht het vaak te regenen.

   On our trekking holidays, it often rained.

Note: geplogen is also used instead of geplacht

• geplogenheid

From the same origin as above. The formation of the weak past occurred in early modern Dutch.

plegen

1. to commit (a crime)
   • In Vlaanderen plegen elke dag drie mensen zelfmoord.
     • Each day in Flanders three people commit suicide.

Presumably from earlier plien, and thus from Old Dutch *plian, from Proto-Germanic *plehaną (“to vouch for”). However, the form plegan already occurs in Old Dutch with -g-, and likewise for Old Saxon plegan and Old High German pflegan, so it is not certain what the exact relationship between the words is.

plēgen

1. to care for
2. to carry out, to do, to engage in
3. to do habitually
4. to use

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• plien

• Dutch: plegen
• Limburgish: plieëge (why ieë and not ae?)

• “pleghen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “plegen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929