våge

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See also: vage

Danish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vǫk, from Proto-Germanic *wakwō, cognate with Norwegian Bokmål våk, Norwegian Nynorsk vok, Swedish vak, German Wake.

Noun

våge c (singular definite vågen, plural indefinite våger)

  1. opening in the ice, polynya
Declension
Declension of våge
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative våge vågen våger vågerne
genitive våges vågens vågers vågernes

Further reading

Etymology 2

From Old Norse vákr, from Proto-Germanic *wanakaz, cognate with Norwegian våk. Maybe related to Lithuanian vãnagas (“hawk”).

Noun

våge c (singular definite vågen, plural indefinite våger)

  1. buzzard (bird of prey of the genus Buteo)
  2. any bird of the genus Buteo
Declension
Declension of våge
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative våge vågen våger vågerne
genitive våges vågens vågers vågernes
Derived terms

Further reading

Etymology 3

From Old Danish waghæ, from Old Norse vaka, from Proto-Germanic *wakāną, cognate with Swedish vaka, English wake, German wachen.

Verb

våge (past tense vågede, past participle våget)

  1. (rare) to be awake
  2. to keep a vigil
  3. to watch over (with the preposition over)
Conjugation
Inflection of våge
present past
simple våger vågede
perfect har våget havde våget
passive våges vågedes
participle vågende våget
imperative våg —
infinitive våge —
auxiliary verb have —
gerund vågen —
Derived terms

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse vága, from Middle Low German wāgen.

Verb

våge (imperative våg, present tense våger, passive våges, simple past våga or våget or vågde, past participle våga or våget or vågd, present participle vågende)

  1. (also reflexive) to dare
  2. (also reflexive) to venture
  3. to risk
  4. to bet, wager, stake

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

våge (present tense vågar or våger, past tense våga or vågde, past participle våga or vågd or vågt, present participle vågande)

  1. e-infinitive form of våga (in dialects with e-infinitive or split infinitive)
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