læge
Danish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Danish læke, from Old Norse læknir, from Proto-Germanic *lēkijaz (“physician”), cognate with English leech, and Gothic 𐌻𐌴𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃 (lēkeis, “physician”).
Noun edit
læge c (singular definite lægen, plural indefinite læger)
Declension edit
References edit
- “læge, 1” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Danish lægæ, derived from the noun. It replaced an earlier form with -n-: Old Norse lækna, from Proto-Germanic *lēkinōną (“to heal”), cognate with Gothic 𐌻𐌴𐌺𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌽 (lēkinōn), Old English lǣcnian, Old Saxon lāknon, Old High German lāhhinon. Compare (Western) Old Norse læknir where the opposite happened, the noun being reshaped on the basis of the verb.
Verb edit
læge (imperative læg, present læger, past lægte or lægede, past participle lægt or læget)
Conjugation edit
References edit
- “læge, 2” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective edit
læge
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Noun edit
læge m (definite singular lægen, indefinite plural læger, definite plural lægene)
- form removed with the spelling reform of 1959; superseded by lege
Verb edit
læge
- form removed with the spelling reform of 1959; superseded by lege