våg

See also: vag, vaag, vág, and väg

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vágr

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋoːɡ/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

våg m (definite singular vågen, indefinite plural våger, definite plural vågene)

  1. a narrow inlet (smaller than a fjord)

Etymology 2

Verb

våg

  1. imperative of våge

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vágr

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋoːɡ/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

våg m (definite singular vågen, indefinite plural vågar, definite plural vågane)

  1. a narrow inlet (smaller than a fjord)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

våg

  1. imperative of våga

References

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvoːɡ/

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish vāgh, from Old Norse vágr, from Proto-Germanic *wēgaz. Cognate with Middle High German wâge, German Woge, Old English wæg.

Noun

våg c

  1. wave
Declension
Declension of våg 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative våg vågen vågor vågorna
Genitive vågs vågens vågors vågornas
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Cognate with Icelandic vog. Compare väga.

Noun

våg c

  1. a scale; a device for measuring weights or masses
Declension
Declension of våg 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative våg vågen vågar vågarna
Genitive vågs vågens vågars vågarnas
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