Danish edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Danish wict, wæct, borrowed from Middle Low German wicht, from Proto-Germanic *wihtiz. Cognate with English weight. Swedish vikt is also borrowed from Low German.

Noun edit

vægt c (singular definite vægten, plural indefinite vægte)

  1. weight
  2. scales (a device for weighing goods for sale)
  3. Libra (someone with a Libra star sign)
Inflection edit

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

vægt

  1. imperative of vægte

Further reading edit