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Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse tág f.
Noun
tåg f (definite singular tåga, indefinite plural tæger, definite plural tægene)
- a branch of the root of a tree
- a fiber, wicker
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Old Norse tá n, from Proto-Germanic *tanhwą.
Alternative forms
Noun
tåg n (definite singular tåget, indefinite plural tåg, definite plural tåga)
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Adjective
tåg (neuter tågt, definite singular and plural tåge, comparative tågare, indefinite superlative tågast, definite superlative tågaste)
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Etymology 3
From Old Norse talg, borrowed through Middle Low German from Proto-Germanic *talgaz.
Pronunciation
Noun
tåg f (definite singular tågjí, definite singular dative tågjinn, uncountable)
- (dialectal, Setesdal) alternative form of talg (“tallow”)
References
Swedish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Low German toge, toch, from Old Saxon *tugi, from Proto-West Germanic *tugi. Cognate with Dutch teug, German Zug, Old English tyge.
Swedes would make no difference between tåg in vikingatåg (“viking raid”), korståg (“crusade”), fälttåg, krigståg, and plundringståg (“pillage raid”), but in Danish they use different words, indicating different etymologies:
Noun
tåg n
- a train (locomotive along with a line of coupled railroad cars pulled by it)
ett tåg med tio vagnar- a train with ten cars
åka tåg till Stockholm- go by train to Stockholm
- a march, a procession (people marching in a column, for example to protest or in the military)
demonstrationståg- protest march
- military movement (more generally, often of historical military campaigns)
fälttåg- military campaign ("field march")
korståg- crusade ("cross march")
- a raid, a journey
Declension
Related terms
(railroad train):
(procession):
(raid):
Etymology 2
From Old Swedish tugh, togh, from Proto-Germanic *taugō.
Noun
tåg n
- a (thicker) rope or line
Declension
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