ragg
English edit
Noun edit
ragg (uncountable)
Anagrams edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse rǫgg. Akin to English rag.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ragg n (definite singular ragget, uncountable)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “ragg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse rǫgg, from Proto-Germanic *rūhaz (“coarse, rough”).
Same as Danish rag, Icelandic rogg, Norwegian ragg, Old English adjective raggig and English noun rag, Icelandic rýja (“to rip the wool from sheep, to shear”), Latin ruo (“to rip, dig”) and rutrum (“a shovel”). In older times, wool was not cut or shorn from sheep, but ripped or torn off.
Noun edit
ragg c
- coarse fur, bristles (hair of an animal, especially unordered, wild, rugged, shaggy hair)
- resa ragg (also: resa borst, ragga till)
- to bristle
Declension edit
Declension of ragg | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | ragg | raggen | — | — |
Genitive | raggs | raggens | — | — |
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
ragg n
- (colloquial) a person one has (successfully) hit on, a hookup, pickup
- att få ett ragg
- to successfully pick someone up
- hans senaste ragg
- his latest hookup
- (colloquial) an instance of hitting on someone, a pickup
- ett bra ragg
- a good way of hitting on someone
Declension edit
Declension of ragg | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | ragg | ragget | ragg | raggen |
Genitive | raggs | raggets | raggs | raggens |
Related terms edit
References edit
- ragg in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- ragg in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- ragg in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- ragg in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)