vederlag
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
veder- + lag. From Middle Low German wedderlach, wedderlage
Noun edit
vederlag n (definite singular vederlaget, indefinite plural vederlag, definite plural vederlaga or vederlagene)
References edit
- “vederlag” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “vederlag” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German wedderlach, wedderlage.
Noun edit
vederlag n (definite singular vederlaget, indefinite plural vederlag, definite plural vederlaga)
References edit
- “vederlag” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
vederlag n
- a compensation, a payment
- (architecture) a support; a part of a brick wall, that supports an arch or a vault
Usage notes edit
- Recommendations against the use of this word in legal prose, together with suggested replacements, are found in Svarta listan : Ord och fraser som kan ersättas i författningsspråk (4th ed., 2011), published by the government of Sweden. The recommendations apply primarily to governmental texts; they may or may not apply to other legal prose.
Declension edit
| Declension of vederlag | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | vederlag | vederlaget | vederlag | vederlagen |
| Genitive | vederlags | vederlagets | vederlags | vederlagens |