vrå

See also: vra

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish wra, Old West Norse rá f, from Proto-Germanic *wranhō (“something crooked”), cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk ro and Swedish vrå. From Proto-Indo-European *wrónkeh₂, cognate with Latvian ròka (“arm, hand”), Lithuanian rankà, Russian рука́ (ruká) and possibly also, via Gaulish, French branche (“branch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʋʁɔˀ]

Noun

vrå c (singular definite vråen, plural indefinite vråer)

1. (dated) corner (of a house or a country)
2. (dated) poor or simple house

Declension

Declension of vrå

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vrå	vråen	vråer	vråerne
genitive	vrås	vråens	vråers	vråernes

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish vrā, from Proto-Germanic *wranhō. Doublet of vrång.

Noun

vrå c

1. an (often cramped and secluded) corner of a room or other space

Declension

Declension of vrå
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	vrå	vrån	vrår	vrårna
Genitive	vrås	vråns	vrårs	vrårnas

Derived terms

• kokvrå
• skamvrå
• ögonvrå

See also

• skrymsle

References

• vrå in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• vrå in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• vrå in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• vrå in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)