tåg

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
See also: taag, Taag, tag, Tag, Tåg, TAG, tag-, tağ, tág, and tāğ

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse tág f.

Noun[edit]

tåg f (definite singular tåga, indefinite plural tæger, definite plural tægene)

  1. a branch of the root of a tree
  2. a fiber, wicker
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Norse  n, from Proto-Germanic *tanhwą.

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

tåg n (definite singular tåget, indefinite plural tåg, definite plural tåga)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Adjective[edit]

tåg (neuter tågt, definite singular and plural tåge, comparative tågare, indefinite superlative tågast, definite superlative tågaste)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Etymology 3[edit]

From Old Norse talg, borrowed through Middle Low German from Proto-Germanic *talgaz.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

tåg f (definite singular tågjí, definite singular dative tågjinn, uncountable)

  1. (dialectal, Setesdal) alternative form of talg (tallow)

References[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /toːɡ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -oːɡ

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Low German toge, toch, from Old Saxon *tugi, from Proto-West Germanic *tugi. Cognate with Dutch teug, German Zug, Old English tyge.

Swedes would make no difference between tåg in vikingatåg (viking raid), korståg (crusade), fälttåg, krigståg, and plundringståg (pillage raid), but in Danish they use different words, indicating different etymologies:

Noun[edit]

tåg n

  1. a train (locomotive along with a line of coupled railroad cars pulled by it)
    ett tåg med tio vagnar
    a train with ten cars
    åka tåg till Stockholm
    go by train to Stockholm
  2. a march, a procession (people marching in a column, for example to protest or in the military)
    demonstrationståg
    protest march
  3. military movement (more generally, often of historical military campaigns)
    fälttåg
    military campaign ("field march")
    korståg
    crusade ("cross march")
  4. a raid, a journey
    plundringståg
    raid
Declension[edit]
Declension of tåg 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative tåg tåget tåg tågen
Genitive tågs tågets tågs tågens
Related terms[edit]

(railroad train):

(procession):

(raid):

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Swedish tugh, togh, from Proto-Germanic *taugō.

Noun[edit]

tåg n

  1. a (thicker) rope or line
Declension[edit]
Declension of tåg 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative tåg tåget tåg tågen
Genitive tågs tågets tågs tågens

References[edit]