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Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
vigge f or m (definite singular vigga or viggen, indefinite plural vigger, definite plural viggene)
- (especially in the definite singular) strip along the hillside, between the birchen timberline and plateaus above, on either side of a valley
Verb
vigge (present tense vigger, past tense vigga or vigget, past participle vigga or vigget)
- alternative form of vikke
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
vigge f (definite singular vigga, indefinite plural vigger, definite plural viggene)
- (especially in the definite singular) strip along the hillside, between the birchen timberline and plateaus above, on either side of a valley
Etymology 2
Possibly from vigg m. Alternatively compare vidke.
Verb
vigge (present tense viggar, past tense vigga, past participle vigga, passive infinitive viggast, present participle viggande, imperative vigge/vigg)
- alternative form of vikke
References
- “vigge” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- “vigga”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
- “vigge”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
Swedish
Noun
vigge c
- Alternative form of vigg (“thunderbolt”)
Declension
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