låg

See also: lag, laag, Lag, LAG, làg, and -lag

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse lok.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɔːv/, [lɔːˀw], [lɔwˀ]
  • Homophone: lov (imperative)

Noun

låg n (singular definite låget, plural indefinite låg)

  1. lid, cover
  2. top

Inflection

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /loːɡ/

Adjective

låg (masculine and feminine låg, neuter lågt, definite singular and plural låge, comparative lågare/lægre, indefinite superlative lågast/lægst, definite superlative lågaste/lægste)

  1. low

Antonyms

Verb

låg

  1. past tense of liggja, liggje, ligga and ligge

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish lāgher, from Old Norse lágr, from Proto-Germanic *lēgaz, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /loːɡ/
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Adjective

låg (comparative lägre, superlative lägst)

  1. low; having a small height
  2. of low moral or ethics; such as a dirty trick

Declension

Inflection of låg
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular låg lägre lägst
Neuter singular lågt lägre lägst
Plural låga lägre lägst
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 låge lägre lägste
All låga lägre lägsta
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.

Antonyms

Verb

låg

  1. past tense of ligga.
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