vägg

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See also: vagg and vægg

Swedish[edit]

två väggar som möts i ett hörn (two walls that meet in a corner)
också en vägg (also a wall)

Etymology[edit]

From Old Swedish væg f, vægger m, from Old Norse veggr. Cognates include Danish væg, Faroese and Icelandic veggur, Gothic *𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌿𐍃 (*waddjus) and Norwegian vegg.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /vɛɡ/
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

vägg c

  1. a wall (permanent, substantial division in or side of a building)

Usage notes[edit]

A free-standing wall made of brick, stones, concrete or the like is a mur.

Declension[edit]

Declension of vägg 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative vägg väggen väggar väggarna
Genitive väggs väggens väggars väggarnas

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ vägg in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

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