flage
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse flak (“loose or torn piece”), flakna (“flake or chip”), from Proto-Germanic *flaką (“something flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat, broad, plain”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
flage c (singular definite flagen, plural indefinite flager)
Inflection edit
Declension of flage
Verb edit
flage (imperative flag, infinitive at flage, present tense flager, past tense flagede, perfect tense har flaget)
- fly a flag
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
flage f (definite singular flaga, indefinite plural flager, definite plural flagene)
Verb edit
flage (present tense flagar, past tense flaga, past participle flaga, passive infinitive flagast, present participle flagande, imperative flage/flag)
- to flash, to streak, to briefly make or become visible
- 1979, Ola Setrom, Medan steinane mel, page 111:
- Jo ser på Marete med det same, og han ansar at det flagar ein veik raudlet over kinna hennar.
- Jo looks at Marete at once, and notices that there flashes a weak red colour over her cheeks.
References edit
- “flage” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.