ånga

See also: anga, aanga, angå, aṅga, and anga-

Swedish

ånga

Etymology

The oblique case of ånge (in Early Modern Swedish), from Old Swedish ange. Compare Old Norse ang (“fragrance”) and Old Norse anga (“to exhale; to emit fragrance”).

Beyond the Nordic languages the origin is unclear, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe”).

Noun

ånga c

1. a gaseous form of a normally liquid substance
   1. steam

      Glaögonen immade igen av ångan från spisen.

      The glasses are fogging up from the steam from the stove.

   2. vapour (UK), vapor (US)
   3. fume

      Synonym: (obsolete) effluvium

      Ångorna från provröret kan vara farliga.

      The fumes from the test tube can be dangerous.

Declension

Declension of ånga

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	ånga	ångas
	definite	ångan	ångans
plural	indefinite	ångor	ångors
	definite	ångorna	ångornas

Derived terms

• vattenånga (“water vapour”)
• ångbåt (“steamboat”)
• ånglok (“steam locomotive”)
• ångdriven (“steam-powered”)

References

• “ånga”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “ånga”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• ånga in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• angå, gå an