vrå

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish wra, Old West Norse rá f, from Proto-Germanic *wranhō (“something crooked”), cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk ro and Swedish vrå. From Proto-Indo-European *wrónkeh₂, cognate with Latvian ròka (“arm, hand”), Lithuanian rankà, Russian рука́ (ruká) and possibly also, via Gaulish, French branche (“branch”).

Pronunciation

Noun

vrå c (singular definite vråen, plural indefinite vråer)

  1. (dated) corner (of a house or a country)
  2. (dated) poor or simple house

Declension

Declension of vrå
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vrå vråen vråer vråerne
genitive vrås vråens vråers vråernes

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish vrā, from Proto-Germanic *wranhō. Doublet of vrång.

Noun

vrå c

  1. an (often cramped and secluded) corner of a room or other space

Declension

Declension of vrå
nominative genitive
singular indefinite vrå vrås
definite vrån vråns
plural indefinite vrår vrårs
definite vrårna vrårnas

Derived terms

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References

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