varg
Albanian edit
Etymology edit
From var, a formation with -g suffix, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- (“to bind, hang (up)”).
Noun edit
varg m
Declension edit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Related terms edit
Icelandic edit
Noun edit
varg
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse vargr, from Proto-Germanic *wargaz.
Noun edit
varg m (definite singular vargen, indefinite plural varger, definite plural vargene)
References edit
- “varg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse vargr, from Proto-Germanic *wargaz.
Noun edit
varg m (definite singular vargen, indefinite plural vargar, definite plural vargane)
References edit
- “varg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse edit
Noun edit
varg
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Swedish vargher, from Old Norse vargr, from Proto-Germanic *wargaz, from Proto-Indo-European *werǵʰ-. Originally had the meaning "destroyer, criminal," but replaced the original word ulv as a noa-name (euphemistic taboo replacement). Compare gråben, tasse, etc.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
varg c
- wolf (a canid)
- 1984, “Vargsången [The wolf song]”, Astrid Lindgren (lyrics), Björn Isfält (music), performed by Lena Nyman:
- Vargen ylar i nattens skog. Han vill, men kan inte sova. Hungern river hans vargabuk, och det är kallt, i hans stova. Du varg, du varg, kom inte hit. Ungen min får du aldrig.
- The wolf howls in the forest of the night. He wants, but cannot sleep. [The] hunger tears his wolf's belly, and it is cold, in his stove [archaic, dialectal, in the dated English sense]. You [or "Hey," as a kind of vocative] wolf, you wolf, do not come here [hither, to here]. My child you will never have.
- a tree with a large crown and thick branches which steals sunlight and space from other smaller trees
- (colloquial) reject; a rejected defective product in a production line
- (colloquial, by extension) the damage itself on the product
Declension edit
| Declension of varg | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | varg | vargen | vargar | vargarna |
| Genitive | vargs | vargens | vargars | vargarnas |
Derived terms edit
- bitvarg
- ensamvarg
- hungrig som en varg
- kasta åt vargarna
- polarvarg
- prärievarg
- ropa varg
- rödvarg
- slitvarg
- snålvarg
- solvarg
- stäppvarg
- tjuta med vargarna
- tundravarg
- varg i veum
- vargatid
- vargavinter
- vargaväder
- vargbiten
- vargflock
- varggrin
- varggrop
- varghagel
- varghund
- varginna
- vargjakt
- vargpar
- vargpäls
- vargrevir
- vargskinn
- vargspår
- vargstam
- vargtimma
- vargtimme
- vargtjut
- vargton
- vargunge
- vargvalp
- yla med vargarna
See also edit
References edit
- varg in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- varg in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- varg in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Anagrams edit
Zazaki edit
Etymology edit
Compare Middle Persian gwlg (vorg, “wolf”), Old Persian 𐎺𐎼𐎣 (varka-).
Noun edit
varg m