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

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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)

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Verb

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

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References

• “flage” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.