flage

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse flak (“loose or torn piece”), flakna (“flake or chip”), from Proto-Germanic *flaką (“something flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat, broad, plain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flaːjə/, [ˈflæːjə]

Noun

flage c (singular definite flagen, plural indefinite flager)

1. flake
2. floe

Inflection

Declension of flage

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	flage	flagen	flager	flagerne
genitive	flages	flagens	flagers	flagernes

Verb

flage (imperative flag, infinitive at flage, present tense flager, past tense flagede, perfect tense har flaget)

1. fly a flag

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• (noun): Flaga, flaga, flagu (defunct and obsolete)
• (verb): flaga (split or a-infinitive)

Etymology

From Old Norse flaga f.

Noun

flage f (definite singular flaga, indefinite plural flager, definite plural flagene)

1. a gust of wind
2. sudden pain, attack, pang or throe
3. Sudden rays or outbursts of light or colour.

Verb

flage (present tense flagar, past tense flaga, past participle flaga, passive infinitive flagast, present participle flagande, imperative flage/flag)

1. to flash, to streak, to briefly make or become visible
   • 1979, Ola Setrom, Medan steinane mel, page 111:

     Jo ser på Marete med det same, og han ansar at det flagar ein veik raudlet over kinna hennar.

     Jo looks at Marete at once, and notices that there flashes a weak red colour over her cheeks.

References

• “flage” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• gafle