tåke

See also: take, taake, také, and Tāke

Norwegian Bokmål

Tåke i Mojaveørkenen.
Fog in the Mojave Desert.

Krabbetåka
The Crab Nebula

Alternative forms

• taake

Etymology

From Old Norse þoka

Noun

tåke f or m (definite singular tåka or tåken, indefinite plural tåker, definite plural tåkene)

1. (weather) a fog or mist

   Synonym: skodde

2. (astronomy) a nebula

   Synonym: stjernetåke

Hypernyms

• (nebula): interstellar sky (“interstellar cloud”)

Derived terms

• tåkebanke (“fogbank”)

Related terms

• tåkete (“foggy”)

References

• “tåke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “tåke” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse þoka

Noun

tåke f (definite singular tåka, indefinite plural tåker, definite plural tåkene)

1. (weather) a fog or mist

   Synonym: skodde

2. (astronomy) a nebula

   Synonym: stjernetåke

Hypernyms

• (nebula): interstellar sky (“interstellar cloud”)

Derived terms

• tåkebanke (“fogbank”)

Related terms

• tåkete (“foggy”)

References

• “tåke” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.