See also: vagg and vægg

Swedish edit

 
två väggar som möts i ett hörn (two walls that meet in a corner)
 
också en vägg (also a wall)

Etymology edit

From Old Swedish væg f, vægger m, from Old Norse veggr. Cognates include Danish væg, Faroese and Icelandic veggur, Gothic *𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌿𐍃 (*waddjus) and Norwegian vegg.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /vɛɡ/
  • (file)

Noun edit

vägg c

  1. a wall (permanent, substantial division in or side of a building)

Usage notes edit

A free-standing wall made of brick, stones, concrete or the like is a mur.

Declension edit

Declension of vägg 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative vägg väggen väggar väggarna
Genitive väggs väggens väggars väggarnas

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ vägg in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Further reading edit