See also: läge

Danish edit

 
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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /lɛːɣə/, [ˈlɛːjə], [ˈlɛːɪ]

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)

  1. doctor
  2. physician
  3. surgeon
Declension edit
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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)

  1. to cure, to heal
Conjugation edit
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Etymology 3 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective edit

læge

  1. definite singular of læg
  2. plural of læg

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Noun edit

læge m (definite singular lægen, indefinite plural læger, definite plural lægene)

  1. form removed with the spelling reform of 1959; superseded by lege

Verb edit

læge

  1. form removed with the spelling reform of 1959; superseded by lege