ragg
English
editNoun
editragg (uncountable)
Anagrams
editNorwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse rǫgg. Akin to English rag.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editragg n (definite singular ragget, uncountable)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “ragg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Norse rǫgg, from Proto-Germanic *rūhaz (“coarse, rough”).
Same as Danish rag, Icelandic rogg, Norwegian ragg, Old English adjective raggig and English noun rag, Icelandic rýja (“to rip the wool from sheep, to shear”), Latin ruo (“to rip, dig”) and rutrum (“a shovel”). In older times, wool was not cut or shorn from sheep, but ripped or torn off.
Noun
editragg c
- coarse fur, bristles (hair of an animal, especially unordered, wild, rugged, shaggy hair)
- resa ragg (also: resa borst, ragga till)
- to bristle
Declension
editDeclension of ragg | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | ragg | raggen | — | — |
Genitive | raggs | raggens | — | — |
Related terms
editEtymology 2
editNoun
editragg n
- (colloquial) a person one has (successfully) hit on, a hookup, pickup
- att få ett ragg
- to successfully pick someone up
- hans senaste ragg
- his latest hookup
- (colloquial) an instance of hitting on someone, a pickup
- ett bra ragg
- a good way of hitting on someone
Declension
editDeclension of ragg | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | ragg | ragget | ragg | raggen |
Genitive | raggs | raggets | raggs | raggens |
Related terms
editReferences
edit- ragg in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- ragg in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- ragg in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- ragg in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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