våga
Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse vága, from Middle Low German wāgen. Compare Swedish våga and Danish vove. Doublet of vega ("to weigh").
Verb
våga (present tense vågar or våger, past tense våga or vågde, past participle våga or vågd or vågt, present participle vågande)
Alternative forms
References
- “våga” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Russenorsk
Etymology
Inherited from Norwegian Nynorsk våg.
Noun
våga
- a vog (Scandinavian measure unit with various mass, depending on geographical location) (from 18 up to 23 kg in Norway during the XIX century).
- galannja våga
- galaňňa voga
- 1.5 vog
References
- Ingvild Broch, Ernst H. Jahr (1984) Russenorsk: Et pidginspråk i Norge [Russenorsk: A pidgin language in Norway], 2 edition, Oslo: Novus Forlag
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²voːɡa/
Audio (Gotland) (file) - Rhymes: -²oːɡa
Etymology 1
From Old Swedish vāgha, from Old Norse vága, from Middle Low German wagen.
Conjugation
Conjugation of våga (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | våga | vågas | ||
Supine | vågat | vågats | ||
Imperative | våga | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | vågen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | vågar | vågade | vågas | vågades |
Ind. plural1 | våga | vågade | vågas | vågades |
Subjunctive2 | våge | vågade | våges | vågades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | vågande | |||
Past participle | vågad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Verb
våga (present vågar, preterite vågade, supine vågat, imperative våga)
- (transitive) to wave, to shape (hair) like a wave
Conjugation
Conjugation of våga (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | våga | vågas | ||
Supine | vågat | vågats | ||
Imperative | våga | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | vågen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | vågar | vågade | vågas | vågades |
Ind. plural1 | våga | vågade | vågas | vågades |
Subjunctive2 | våge | vågade | våges | vågades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | vågande | |||
Past participle | vågad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Related terms
Further reading
- våga in Svensk ordbok.
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