våg
Danish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Danish wagh (“heavy sea”), from Old Norse vágr (“sea‚ bay”), from Proto-Germanic *wēgaz (“wave”), cognate with Norwegian våg (“inlet”), Swedish våg (“wave”), English waw (obsolete), Dutch waag f, Old Norse vágr (“sea; bay”). Doublet of vove.
Noun[edit]
våg c (singular definite vågen, plural indefinite våge or våger)
- (archaic) wave
- 1921, Frederik Poulsen, Folkesind i Nord og Sy, d, p. 109:
- Du er Kredsløbets Bytte, du Lille, / du er født til Vendettaens Aag, / og som Galliens Mor skal du stirre / hjerteræd ned i Krigshavets Vaag.
- You are the prey of the loop, you little one, you are born to the yoke of the vendetta, and as the mother of Gaul, you shall stare, frightened in your heart, into the wave of the sea of war.
- (archaic) narrow inlet (about conditions in Norway and on the Faroe Islands)
- 1812, N.F.S. Grundtvig, Kort Begreb af Verdens Krønike i Sammenhæng, page 313:
- Der sad i Vaagen Præstemanden Hans Egede og læste i en gammel Bog, hvordan kristen Tro fordum havde bygget på Grønland.
- In the inlet, the priest Hans Egede was reading in an old book how Christian faith had once existed in Greenland.
Declension[edit]
References[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
våg
- imperative of våge
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
våg m (definite singular vågen, indefinite plural våger, definite plural vågene)
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
våg
- imperative of våge
References[edit]
- “våg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Norse vágr, from Proto-Germanic *wēgaz.
Noun[edit]
våg m (definite singular vågen, indefinite plural vågar, definite plural vågane)
Derived terms[edit]
- vågekval m
Noun[edit]
våg
- (water) a wave atop a body of water
Etymology 2[edit]
Same as Etymology 1. Specialized use of våg m.
Noun[edit]
våg m (definite singular vågen, uncountable)
Etymology 3[edit]
From Old Norse vág f, from Proto-Germanic *wēgō (“scales, weight”).
Noun[edit]
våg f (definite singular våga, indefinite plural våger, definite plural vågene)
- (mechanics) a rod used as lever
- a scale (device to measure weight)
- (historical, units of measure) an older unit of weight used to measure heavier goods, around 18 kg.
Descendants[edit]
- (measure unit): Russenorsk: våga
Etymology 4[edit]
From the verb våge.
Noun[edit]
våg n (definite singular våget, indefinite plural våg, definite plural våga)
Verb[edit]
våg
- imperative of våga
References[edit]
- “våg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Swedish vāgh, from Old Norse vágr, from Proto-Germanic *wēgaz. Cognate with Middle High German wâge, German Woge, Old English wæg, French vague.
Noun[edit]
våg c
- a wave; a shape with alternatingly curves; a motion of liquid or energy
Declension[edit]
| Declension of våg | ||||
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| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | våg | vågen | vågor | vågorna |
| Genitive | vågs | vågens | vågors | vågornas |
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old Swedish vāgh, from Old Norse vág, from Proto-Germanic *wēgō. Cognate with Icelandic vog. Compare väga.
Noun[edit]
våg c
- a scale (device for measuring weights or masses)
- a balance (balance scale)
- Synonym: balansvåg
- Libra (star sign)
Declension[edit]
| Declension of våg | ||||
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| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | våg | vågen | vågar | vågarna |
| Genitive | vågs | vågens | vågars | vågarnas |
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
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References[edit]
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- sv:Measuring instruments