ragg

English

Noun

ragg (uncountable)

1. (archaic) ragstone

Anagrams

• Garg

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse rǫgg. Akin to English rag.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɑɡː/

Noun

ragg n (definite singular ragget, uncountable)

1. coarse fur, bristles (hair of an animal, especially unordered, wild, rugged, shaggy hair)

Derived terms

• raggete

References

• “ragg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse rǫgg, from Proto-Germanic *rūhaz (“coarse, rough”).

Same as Danish rag, Icelandic rogg, Norwegian ragg, Old English adjective raggig and English noun rag, Icelandic rýja (“to rip the wool from sheep, to shear”), Latin ruo (“to rip, dig”) and rutrum (“a shovel”). In older times, wool was not cut or shorn from sheep, but ripped or torn off.

Noun

ragg c

1. coarse fur, bristles (hair of an animal, especially unordered, wild, rugged, shaggy hair)

   resa ragg (also: resa borst, ragga till)

   to bristle

Declension

Declension of ragg

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	ragg	raggs
	definite	raggen	raggens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Related terms

• raggen
• raggig
• raggmunk
• raggsocka

Etymology 2

Deverbal from ragga.

Noun

ragg n

1. (colloquial) a person one has (successfully) hit on, a hookup, pickup

   att få ett ragg

   to successfully pick someone up

   hans senaste ragg

   his latest hookup

2. (colloquial) an instance of hitting on someone, a pickup

   ett bra ragg

   a good way of hitting on someone

Declension

Declension of ragg

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	ragg	raggs
	definite	ragget	raggets
plural	indefinite	ragg	raggs
	definite	raggen	raggens

Related terms

• ragga
• raggare

References

• ragg in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• ragg in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• ragg in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• ragg in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)