kvad

See also: kvað

Danish

Etymology 1

From kvæde (“to chant, sing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kvad/, [kʰvað]

Noun

kvad n (singular definite kvadet, plural indefinite kvad)

1. lay, song

Inflection

Declension of kvad

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kvad	kvadet	kvad	kvadene
genitive	kvads	kvadets	kvads	kvadenes

Further reading

• kvad on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Etymology 2

See kvæde (“to chant, sing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kvaːd/, [kʰvæːˀð], [kʰvæðˀ]

Verb

kvad

1. past of kvæde

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish kvad, constructed from the verb kvæde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʋɑːd/

Noun

kvad n (definite singular kvadet, indefinite plural kvad, definite plural kvada or kvadene)

1. poem
2. an Old Norse poem

Synonyms

• kvede

Derived terms

• eddakvad
• skaldekvad

References

• “kvad” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Danish kvad, constructed from the verb kvæde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʋɑː/
• Homophone: kva

Noun

kvad n (definite singular kvadet, indefinite plural kvad, definite plural kvada)

1. alternative form of kvede (“poem”)

Synonyms

• kvede

Derived terms

• eddakvad
• skaldekvad

References

• “kvad” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Verb

kvad

1. past indicative of kväda

Noun

kvad n

1. (poetic) synonym of kväde
   • 1896, Gustaf Fröding, “Drömmar i Hades [Dreams in Hades]”, in Stänk och flikar [Splashes and spray]‎^[1], Albert Bonniers förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 10 September 2025:

     [Halvkristen] gnostisk magi, som fjärran ur Östern stammar, völvornas kvad och druidisk visdom, som sökt i de dolda djupen de vises sten, fyllde med syner min kammar[e].

     Semi-Christian Gnostic magic from the distant East, the poems of the völvas, and the wisdom of the druids, searching for the philosopher's stone in hidden depths, filled my chamber with visions.

Declension

Declension of kvad

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kvad	kvads
	definite	kvadet	kvadets
plural	indefinite	kvad	kvads
	definite	kvaden	kvadens

References

• kvad in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Volapük

Noun

kvad (genitive kvada, plural kvads)

1. square

Declension

Declension of kvad

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	kvad	kvads
Genitive	kvada	kvadas
Dative	kvade	kvades
Accusative	kvadi	kvadis
Predicative1	kvadu	kvadus
Vocative	o kvad	o kvads

1. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.