vägg

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See also: vagg and vægg

Swedish

två väggar som möts i ett hörn (two walls that meet in a corner)

också en vägg (also a wall)

Etymology

From Old Swedish væg f, vægger m, from Old Norse veggr. Cognates include Danish væg, Faroese and Icelandic veggur, Gothic *𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌿𐍃 (*waddjus) and Norwegian vegg.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vɛɡ/
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Noun

vägg c

a wall (permanent, substantial division in or side of a building)

Usage notes

A free-standing wall made of brick, stones, concrete or the like is a mur.

Declension

Declension of **vägg**
		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	vägg	väggs
singular	definite	väggen	väggens
plural	indefinite	väggar	väggars
plural	definite	väggarna	väggarnas

Derived terms

gå in i väggen (“suffer a burnout”)
kunna slänga sig i väggen (“not be able to match up”)
mellan skål och vägg
ställa mot väggen
vägg i vägg (“next door”)
innervägg (“inner wall”)
yttervägg (“outer wall”)

References

^ vägg in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Further reading

vägg in Svensk ordbok.

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