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våge

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See also: vage

Danish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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våge c (singular definite vågen, plural indefinite våger)

  1. opening in the ice, polynya
Declension
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Declension of våge
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative våge vågen våger vågerne
genitive våges vågens vågers vågernes

Further reading

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Etymology 2

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

Noun

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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
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Declension of våge
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative våge vågen våger vågerne
genitive våges vågens vågers vågernes
Derived terms
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Further reading

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Etymology 3

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

Verb

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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
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Conjugation of våge
active passive
present våger våges
past vågede vågedes
infinitive våge våges
imperative våg
participle
present vågende
past våget
(auxiliary verb have)
gerund vågen
Derived terms
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Further reading

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse vága, from Middle Low German wāgen.

Verb

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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

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Verb

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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)