vove
Danish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Danish waaghæ, wogæ, wowæ, borrowed from Middle Low German wagen, from Proto-Germanic *wagōną, cognate with German wagen, Dutch wagen, Old Norse vaga (“to waddle”) (late Old Norse vága and Swedish våga are also borrowed from Low German). Doublet of vugge.
Verb edit
vove (past tense vovede, past participle vovet)
- (transitive) to dare, risk, venture
- (reflexive) to venture (with an adverb of direction)
- 2007, Jens Linderoth, Hvorfor er vi i kirke sammen?, page 165:
- En tro på, at de, hvor de end vovede sig hen, hvor dybt ned i livets, tilværelsens og menneskets dybder, de vovede sig, aldrig ville komme til et sted, hvor Kristus ikke havde været og stadigvæk var.
- A faith that wherever they ventured, how deep they ventured into the depths of life, existence and humanity, they would never come to a place where Christ had never been and still was.
Conjugation edit
Inflection of vove
References edit
- “vove,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle Low German wāch m, wāge f, from Proto-Germanic *wēgaz, cognate with English waw (obsolete), Dutch waag f, Old Norse vágr (“sea; bay”). Doublet of våg.
Noun edit
vove c (singular definite voven, plural indefinite vover)
Declension edit
Declension of vove
References edit
- “vove,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
Guaraní edit
Conjunction edit
vove
Latin edit
Verb edit
vovē
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Verb edit
vove
- past participle of veva