musvåge

Danish

Etymology

From mus (“mouse”) +‎ våge (“buzzard”). Componentwise cognate with Icelandic músvákur. Via Proto-Indo-European *múHs cognate with Bulgarian мишелов (mišelov) (see more).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmusˌʋɔːwə], [ˈmusˌʋɔːʊ]

Noun

musvåge c (singular definite musvågen, plural indefinite musvåger)

1. a common buzzard, of the genus Buteo

Inflection

Declension of musvåge

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	musvåge	musvågen	musvåger	musvågerne
genitive	musvåges	musvågens	musvågers	musvågernes

Further reading

• “musvåge” in Den Danske Ordbog