våde
Danish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom 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
editvåde 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
editDeclension of våde
Further reading
editEtymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
editvåde
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