våg
Danish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Danish wagh (“heavy sea”), from Old Norse vágr (“sea‚ bay”), from Proto-Germanic *wēgaz (“wave”), cognate with Norwegian våg (“inlet”), Swedish våg (“wave”), English waw (obsolete), Dutch waag f, Old Norse vágr (“sea; bay”). Doublet of vove.
Noun edit
våg c (singular definite vågen, plural indefinite våge or våger)
- (archaic) wave
- 1921, Frederik Poulsen, Folkesind i Nord og Sy, d, p. 109:
- Du er Kredsløbets Bytte, du Lille, / du er født til Vendettaens Aag, / og som Galliens Mor skal du stirre / hjerteræd ned i Krigshavets Vaag.
- You are the prey of the loop, you little one, you are born to the yoke of the vendetta, and as the mother of Gaul, you shall stare, frightened in your heart, into the wave of the sea of war.
- (archaic) narrow inlet (about conditions in Norway and on the Faroe Islands)
- 1812, N.F.S. Grundtvig, Kort Begreb af Verdens Krønike i Sammenhæng, page 313:
- Der sad i Vaagen Præstemanden Hans Egede og læste i en gammel Bog, hvordan kristen Tro fordum havde bygget på Grønland.
- In the inlet, the priest Hans Egede was reading in an old book how Christian faith had once existed in Greenland.
Declension edit
References edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
våg
- imperative of våge
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
våg m (definite singular vågen, indefinite plural våger, definite plural vågene)
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
våg
- imperative of våge
References edit
- “våg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse vágr, from Proto-Germanic *wēgaz.
Noun edit
våg m (definite singular vågen, indefinite plural vågar, definite plural vågane)
Derived terms edit
- vågekval m
Noun edit
våg (present tense vågar, past tense våga, past participle våga, passive infinitive vågast, present participle vågande, imperative våg/våg)
- (water) a wave atop a body of water
Etymology 2 edit
Same as Etymology 1. Specialized use of våg m.
Noun edit
våg m (definite singular vågen, uncountable)
Etymology 3 edit
From Old Norse vág f, from Proto-Germanic *wēgō (“scales, weight”).
Noun edit
våg f (definite singular våga, indefinite plural våger, definite plural vågene)
- (mechanics) a rod used as lever
- a scale (device to measure weight)
- (historical, units of measure) an older unit of weight used to measure heavier goods, around 18 kg.
Descendants edit
- (measure unit): Russenorsk: våga
Etymology 4 edit
From the verb våge.
Noun edit
våg n (definite singular våget, indefinite plural våg, definite plural våga)
Verb edit
våg
- imperative of våga
References edit
- “våg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Swedish vāgh, from Old Norse vágr, from Proto-Germanic *wēgaz. Cognate with Middle High German wâge, German Woge, Old English wæg, French vague.
Noun edit
våg c
- a wave; a shape with alternatingly curves; a motion of liquid or energy
Declension edit
Declension of våg | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | våg | vågen | vågor | vågorna |
Genitive | vågs | vågens | vågors | vågornas |
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Swedish vāgh, from Old Norse vág, from Proto-Germanic *wēgō. Cognate with Icelandic vog. Compare väga.
Noun edit
våg c
- a scale (device for measuring weights or masses)
- a balance (balance scale)
- Synonym: balansvåg
- Libra (star sign)
Declension edit
Declension of våg | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | våg | vågen | vågar | vågarna |
Genitive | vågs | vågens | vågars | vågarnas |
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
See also edit
Zodiac signs in Swedish (layout · text) | |||||||||||
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Väduren | Oxen | Tvillingarna | Kräftan | ||||||||
Lejonet | Jungfrun | Vågen | Skorpionen | ||||||||
Skytten | Stenbocken | Vattumannen | Fiskarna |