våga

See also: vaga, vága, vagá, väga, and Vågå

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• våget
• vågde (simple past)
• vågd (past participle)

Verb

våga

1. inflection of våge:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish vāgha, from Old Norse vága, from Middle Low German wagen.

Pronunciation

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Verb

våga (present vågar, preterite vågade, supine vågat, imperative våga)

1. to dare, to have enough courage (to do something)

   Jag vågar inte

   I don't dare

2. to wave, to shape (hair) like a wave (våg)

Conjugation

Conjugation of våga (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	våga		vågas
Supine	vågat		vågats
Imperative	våga		—
Imper. plural1	vågen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	vågar	vågade	vågas	vågades
Ind. plural1	våga	vågade	vågas	vågades
Subjunctive2	våge	vågade	våges	vågades
	Participles
Present participle	vågande
Past participle	vågad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Synonyms

• töras

Related terms

• våghals
• vågig
• vågsam
• vågspel
• vågstycke

Further reading

• våga in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• avgå, gå av, gåva