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Danish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse váði (“danger, peril”), cognate with Norwegian våde, Swedish våda. A derivation of vá (“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)
- (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
- definite singular of våd
- plural of våd