våde

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Danish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse váði (danger, peril), cognate with Norwegian våde, Swedish våda. A derivation of (disaster), from Proto-Germanic *waiwô (misery), cognate with English woe, German Weh (Danish ve is borrowed from Low German).

Noun

våde c (singular definite våden, plural indefinite våder)

  1. (archaic) peril, disaster, damage
    in the modern language only in the expression stande i våde (stå i våde) and the compound vådeskud
Declension
Further reading

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

våde

  1. definite singular of våd
  2. plural of våd