tåg

See also: taag, Taag, tag, Tag, Tåg, TAG, tag-, tağ, tág, and tāğ

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tʰoːɡ/
Homophone: tog

Etymology 1

From Old Norse tág f.

Noun

tåg f (definite singular tåga, indefinite plural tæger, definite plural tægene)

a branch of the root of a tree
a fiber, wicker

Derived terms

tåge m or f

Etymology 2

From Old Norse tá n, from Proto-Germanic *tanhwą.

Alternative forms

tåge (noun)

Noun

tåg n (definite singular tåget, indefinite plural tåg, definite plural tåga)

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Adjective

tåg (neuter tågt, definite singular and plural tåge, comparative tågare, indefinite superlative tågast, definite superlative tågaste)

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Etymology 3

From Old Norse talg, borrowed through Middle Low German from Proto-Germanic *talgaz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [tʰɔːɡ]

Noun

tåg f (definite singular tågjí, definite singular dative tågjinn, uncountable)

(dialectal, Setesdal) alternative form of talg (“tallow”)

References

“tåg” at Vallemål.no

Swedish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /toːɡ/
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Rhymes: -oːɡ

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German toge, toch, from Old Saxon *tugi, from Proto-West Germanic *tugi. Cognate with Dutch teug, German Zug, Old English tyge.

Swedes would make no difference between tåg in vikingatåg (“viking raid”), korståg (“crusade”), fälttåg, krigståg, and plundringståg (“pillage raid”), but in Danish they use different words, indicating different etymologies:

Based on tog (“train, campaign”): korstog, felttog
Based on togt (“raid, journey”): vikingetogt, krigstogt, plyndringstogt (“pillage raid”)

Noun

tåg n

a train (locomotive along with a line of coupled railroad cars pulled by it)
ett tåg med tio vagnar
a train with ten cars

åka tåg till Stockholm
go by train to Stockholm
a march, a procession (people marching in a column, for example to protest or in the military)
demonstrationståg
protest march
military movement (more generally, often of historical military campaigns)
fälttåg
military campaign ("field march")

korståg
crusade ("cross march")
a raid, a journey
plundringståg
raid

Declension

Declension of tåg
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	tåg	tåget	tåg	tågen
Genitive	tågs	tågets	tågs	tågens

Related terms

(railroad train):

(procession):

(raid):

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish tugh, togh, from Proto-Germanic *taugō.

Noun

tåg n

a (thicker) rope or line

Declension

Declension of tåg
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	tåg	tåget	tåg	tågen
Genitive	tågs	tågets	tågs	tågens

Derived terms

References

tåg in Svensk ordbok (SO)
tåg in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
tåg in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
tåg in Svenskt nautiskt lexikon (1920)