våde

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɔːðə/, [ˈʋɔðð̩]

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)

1. (solemn) peril, disaster, damage

   in the modern language only in the expression stande i våde (stå i våde) and the compound vådeskud

Declension

Declension of våde

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	våde	våden	våder	våderne
genitive	vådes	vådens	våders	vådernes

Further reading

• “våde” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “Vaade,1” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

våde

1. definite singular of våd
2. plural of våd