tåg
Swedish
Etymology
From Middle Low German toge, toch, from Old Saxon *tugi, from Proto-Germanic *tugiz. Cognate with Dutch teug, German Zug, Old English tyge.
Swedes would make no difference between tåg in vikingatåg (“viking raid”), korståg (“crusade”), fälttåg, krigståg, and plundringståg (“pillage raid”), but in Danish they use different words, indicating different etymologies:
- Based on tog (“train, campaign”): korstog, felttog
- Based on togt (“raid, journey”): vikingetogt, krigstogt, plyndringstogt (“pillage raid”)
Pronunciation
Noun
tåg n
- a railroad train (string of waggons)
- a train, a march, a military campaign, a caravan (string of people walking)
- a raid, a journey
- a rope
Declension
Declension of tåg | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | tåg | tåget | tåg | tågen |
Genitive | tågs | tågets | tågs | tågens |
Related terms
- railroad train
- procession
- raid
- rope