vrå

See also: vra

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish wra, Old West Norse rá f, from Proto-Germanic *wranhō (“something crooked”), cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk ro and Swedish vrå. From Proto-Indo-European *wrónkeh₂, cognate with Latvian ròka (“arm, hand”), Lithuanian rankà, Russian рука́ (ruká) and possibly also, via Gaulish, French branche (“branch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʋʁɔˀ]

Noun

vrå c (singular definite vråen, plural indefinite vråer)

1. (dated) corner (of a house or a country)
2. (dated) poor or simple house

Declension

Declension of vrå

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vrå	vråen	vråer	vråerne
genitive	vrås	vråens	vråers	vråernes

References

• “vrå” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “vrå” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish vrā, from Proto-Germanic *wranhō. Doublet of vrång.

Noun

vrå c

1. an (often cramped and secluded) corner of a room or other space

Declension

Declension of vrå

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	vrå	vrås
	definite	vrån	vråns
plural	indefinite	vrår	vrårs
	definite	vrårna	vrårnas

Derived terms

• kokvrå
• matvrå
• skamvrå
• ögonvrå

See also

• skrymsle

References

• “vrå”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “vrå”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “vrå”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• vrå in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)