krage

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse kráka (“crow”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkraːɡə/, [ˈkʁ̥ɑːʊ]

Noun

krage c (singular definite kragen, plural indefinite krager)

1. crow, especially carrion crow and hooded crow

Inflection

Declension of krage

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	krage	kragen	krager	kragerne
genitive	krages	kragens	kragers	kragernes

References

• “krage” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• krave

Etymology

From Middle Low German krage and Middle Norwegian kragi.

Noun

krage m (definite singular kragen, indefinite plural krager, definite plural kragene)

1. a collar (on a garment, or dog or cat)

References

• “krage” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German krage and Middle Norwegian kragi.

Noun

krage m (definite singular kragen, indefinite plural kragar, definite plural kragane)

1. a collar (on a garment, or dog or cat)

References

• “krage” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish kraghi, borrowed from Middle Low German krage, from Proto-Germanic *kragô (“throat”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʷrogʰ-. Cognate of Norwegian Bokmål krage. More at craw.

Noun

krage c

1. collar (part of garment)
2. collar (coloured ring round the neck of a flower, bird or mammal)
3. collar (financial), a collection of derivatives intended for risk management

Declension

Declension of krage
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	krage	kragen	kragar	kragarna
Genitive	krages	kragens	kragars	kragarnas

Derived terms

• ta sig i kragen

References

• krage in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• krage in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• krage in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)