våge

See also: vage

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɔːɣə/, [ˈʋɔːʊ]
• Homophone: vove

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vǫk, from Proto-Germanic *wakwō, cognate with Norwegian Bokmål våk, Norwegian Nynorsk vok, Swedish vak, German Wake.

Noun

våge c (singular definite vågen, plural indefinite våger)

1. opening in the ice, polynya

Declension

Declension of våge

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	våge	vågen	våger	vågerne
genitive	våges	vågens	vågers	vågernes

Further reading

• “våge,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

From Old Norse vákr, from Proto-Germanic *wanakaz, cognate with Norwegian våk. Maybe related to Lithuanian vãnagas (“hawk”).

Noun

våge c (singular definite vågen, plural indefinite våger)

1. buzzard (bird of prey of the genus Buteo)
2. any bird of the genus Buteo

Declension

Declension of våge

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	våge	vågen	våger	vågerne
genitive	våges	vågens	vågers	vågernes

Derived terms

• musvåge (“common buzzard”)

Further reading

• “våge,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 3

From Old Danish waghæ, from Old Norse vaka, from Proto-Germanic *wakāną, cognate with Swedish vaka, English wake, German wachen.

Verb

våge (past tense vågede, past participle våget)

1. (rare) to be awake
2. to keep a vigil
3. to watch over (with the preposition over)

Conjugation

Inflection of våge

	present	past
simple	våger	vågede
perfect	har våget	havde våget
passive	våges	vågedes
participle	vågende	våget
imperative	våg	—
infinitive	våge	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	vågen	—

Derived terms

• vågeblus
• vågekone
• vågelampe
• vågenat

Further reading

• “våge,3” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse vága, from Middle Low German wāgen.

Verb

våge (imperative våg, present tense våger, passive våges, simple past våga or våget or vågde, past participle våga or våget or vågd, present participle vågende)

1. (also reflexive) to dare

   Synonym: tore

2. (also reflexive) to venture
3. to risk
4. to bet, wager, stake

References

• “våge” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “våge_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

våge (present tense vågar or våger, past tense våga or vågde, past participle våga or vågd or vågt, present participle vågande)

1. e-infinitive form of våga (in dialects with e-infinitive or split infinitive)