væg

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See also: väg

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse veggr m (“wall”), from Proto-Germanic *wajjuz. Cognates include Swedish vägg, Old English wāg (“wall”), and Gothic *𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌿𐍃 (*waddjus).

Pronunciation

Noun

væg c (singular definite væggen, plural indefinite vægge)

  1. wall

Declension

Declension of væg
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative væg væggen vægge væggene
genitive vægs væggens vægges væggenes

Further reading

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Verb

væg

  1. imperative of vægja

Etymology 2

Noun

væg m (definite singular vægen, indefinite plural vægar, definite plural vægane)

  1. Eye dialect spelling of veg (“way”).

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse veggr.

Noun

væg f

  1. wall

Descendants

  • Swedish: vägg, vägge (dialectal)
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