våga

See also: Vågå, vaga, vagá, vága, and väga

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• våget
• vågde (simple past)
• vågd (past participle)

Verb

våga

1. inflection of våge:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse vága, from Middle Low German wāgen. Compare Swedish våga and Danish vove. Doublet of vega ("to weigh").

Verb

våga (present tense vågar or våger, past tense våga or vågde, past participle våga or vågd or vågt, present participle vågande)

1. (also reflexive) to dare

   Synonyms: drista, tora

2. (also reflexive) to venture
3. to risk
4. to bet, wager, stake

Alternative forms

• våge

References

• “våga” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Russenorsk

Etymology

Inherited from Norwegian Nynorsk våg.

Noun

våga

1. a vog (Scandinavian measure unit with various mass, depending on geographical location) (from 18 up to 23 kg in Norway during the XIX century).

   galannja våga

   galaňňa voga

   1.5 vog

References

• Ingvild Broch, Ernst H. Jahr (1984) Russenorsk: Et pidginspråk i Norge [Russenorsk: A pidgin language in Norway], 2 edition, Oslo: Novus Forlag

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²voːɡa/

• Audio (Gotland)

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• Rhymes: -²oːɡa

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish vāgha, from Old Norse vága, from Middle Low German wagen.

Verb

våga (present vågar, preterite vågade, supine vågat, imperative våga)

1. to dare, to have enough courage (to do something)

   Synonym: töras

   Jag vågar inte

   I don't dare

Conjugation

Conjugation of våga (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	våga		vågas
Supine	vågat		vågats
Imperative	våga		—
Imper. plural1	vågen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	vågar	vågade	vågas	vågades
Ind. plural1	våga	vågade	vågas	vågades
Subjunctive2	våge	vågade	våges	vågades
	Participles
Present participle	vågande
Past participle	vågad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• våghals
• våghalsig
• vågsam
• vågspel
• vågstycke

Etymology 2

våg (“wave”) +‎ -a

Verb

våga (present vågar, preterite vågade, supine vågat, imperative våga)

1. (transitive) to wave, to shape (hair) like a wave

Conjugation

Conjugation of våga (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	våga		vågas
Supine	vågat		vågats
Imperative	våga		—
Imper. plural1	vågen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	vågar	vågade	vågas	vågades
Ind. plural1	våga	vågade	vågas	vågades
Subjunctive2	våge	vågade	våges	vågades
	Participles
Present participle	vågande
Past participle	vågad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• vågig

Further reading

• våga in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• avgå, gå av, gåva