varg

Albanian

Etymology

From var, a formation with -g suffix, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- (“to bind, hang (up)”).

Noun

varg m

1. row, range, file, chain

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

• var

Icelandic

Noun

varg

1. indefinite accusative singular of vargur

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse vargr, from Proto-Germanic *wargaz.

Noun

varg m (definite singular vargen, indefinite plural varger, definite plural vargene)

1. a wolf

   Synonyms: gråtass, ulv, gråbein, skrubb

References

• “varg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse vargr, from Proto-Germanic *wargaz.

Noun

varg m (definite singular vargen, indefinite plural vargar, definite plural vargane)

1. wolf
2. a lawless person, an outlaw

References

• “varg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Noun

varg

1. indefinite accusative singular of vargr

Swedish

FWOTD – 16 October 2024

en varg

Etymology

From Old Swedish vargher, from Old Norse vargr, from Proto-Germanic *wargaz, from Proto-Indo-European *werǵʰ-. Originally had the meaning "destroyer, criminal," but replaced the original word ulv as a noa-name (euphemistic taboo avoidance). Compare gråben, tasse, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /varj/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -arj

Noun

varg c

1. wolf (a canid)
   • 1984, “Vargsången [The wolf song]”, Astrid Lindgren (lyrics), Björn Isfält (music)‎^[1]performed by Lena Nyman:

     Vargen ylar i nattens skog. Han vill men kan inte sova. Hungern river hans vargabuk, och det är kallt i hans stova. Du varg, du varg, kom inte hit. Ungen min får du aldrig.

     The wolf howls in the forest of the night. He wants to sleep but cannot. ["He wants to but cannot sleep" – "He wants to X" is "Han vill X"] [The] hunger tears his wolf's belly, and it is cold in his stove [archaic, dialectal, in the dated English sense]. Hey [du (“you”) can be used as a vocative] wolf, hey wolf, do not come here [hither, to here]. My child you will never have.

   Vargarna ylade i skogen

   The wolves howled in the forest

   Synonyms: gråben, tasse, ulv

2. a tree with a large crown and thick branches which steals sunlight and space from other smaller trees
3. (colloquial) reject; a rejected defective product in a production line
   1. (colloquial, by extension) the damage itself on the product

Declension

Declension of varg

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	varg	vargs
	definite	vargen	vargens
plural	indefinite	vargar	vargars
	definite	vargarna	vargarnas

Derived terms

• bitvarg
• ensamvarg
• hungrig som en varg
• kasta åt vargarna
• polarvarg
• prärievarg
• ropa varg
• rödvarg
• slitvarg
• snålvarg
• solvarg
• stäppvarg
• tjuta med vargarna
• tundravarg
• varg i veum
• vargatid
• vargavinter
• vargaväder
• vargbiten
• vargflock
• varggrin
• varggrop
• varghagel
• varghund
• varginna
• vargjakt
• vargpar
• vargpäls
• vargrevir
• vargskinn
• vargspår
• vargstam
• vargtass
• vargtimma
• vargtimme
• vargtjut
• vargton
• vargunge
• vargvalp
• yla med vargarna

 

See also

• vaj

References

• varg in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• varg in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• varg in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Svensk MeSH

Anagrams

• grav

Zazaki

Etymology

Compare Middle Persian gwlg (vorg, “wolf”), Old Persian 𐎺𐎼𐎣 (varka-).

Noun

varg m

1. wolf