vægt

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Danish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Danish wict, wæct, borrowed from Middle Low German wicht, from Proto-Germanic *wihtiz. Cognate with English weight. Swedish vikt is also borrowed from Low German.

Noun

vægt c (singular definite vægten, plural indefinite vægte)

  1. weight
  2. scales (a device for weighing goods for sale)
  3. Libra (someone with a Libra star sign)
Inflection

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vægt

  1. imperative of vægte

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