våde
Danish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse váði (“danger, peril”), cognate with Norwegian våde, Swedish våda. A derivation of vá (“disaster”), from Proto-Germanic *waiwô (“misery”), cognate with English woe, German Weh (Danish ve is borrowed from Low German).
Noun edit
våde c (singular definite våden, plural indefinite våder)
- (archaic) peril, disaster, damage
- in the modern language only in the expression stande i våde (stå i våde) and the compound vådeskud
Declension edit
Declension of våde
Further reading edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective edit
våde