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Danish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Danish quik, qwegh (“alive, lively”), from Old Norse kvikr, from Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz, cognate with English quick, German quick (from Low German), keck. Doublet of kvik, kæk, and kvaj. The modern use as a noun is an abbreviation of Old Danish qwikfæ, Old Norse kvikfé.
Noun
kvæg n (singular definite kvæget, not used in plural form)
- (collective) cattle
Declension
Further reading
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
kvæg
- imperative of kvæge