From Old Danish wogge, from Old Norse vagga (accusative, dative, genitive vǫggu), cognate with Swedish vagga. Derived form the verb vaga (see the following word).
vugge c (singular definite vuggen, plural indefinite vugger)
| common gender |
singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | vugge | vuggen | vugger | vuggerne |
| genitive | vugges | vuggens | vuggers | vuggernes |
From Old Norse vaga, from Proto-Germanic *wagōną (“to move, stir”), cognate with Swedish vagga, English waw (obsolete), wag, German wagen (“to dare”), Dutch wagen (“to dare; to move”). Doublet of vove. The modern Danish form has been influenced by the previous noun.
vugge (past tense vuggede, past participle vugget)