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er plagt

bothers, troubles

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verb · 3rd-person singular, present tense / 2nd-person plural, present tense / 2nd-person plural Rare #35,598
bothers, troubles Can also mean “torments” or “afflicts,” especially with a persistent problem or worry.
GE: Der Lärm plagt mich.
EN: The noise bothers me.
Conjugation of plagen
Indicative present
SingularPlural
Second — plagt
Third plagt —
Imperative
SingularPlural
Second — plagt

So lange schon plagt mich ein schlechtes Gewissen.

I've been plagued by a guilty conscience for so long.

— Das Kanu des Manitu (2025)

Was plagt dich?

What's troubling you?

— Juno (2007)

Warum plagt ihr mich damit?

Why are you bothering me with this?

Mein Gewissen plagt mich.

My conscience bothers me.

Seht ihr, jetzt plagt ihn das Gewissen.

You see, now his conscience is bothering him.

— Achteinhalb (1963)

Warum plagt dich das?

Why does that trouble you?

Was plagt ihn?

What is troubling him?

— The Witch (2016)