vråk

Swedish

Alternative forms

• (bird): våk (dated)

Etymology

(bird): Inherited from Old Swedish *vaker, with sounds shifting place. Ultimately from Old Norse vákr, from Proto-Germanic *wanakaz. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk våk and Danish våge.

Noun

vråk c

1. buzzard (bird)
2. Synonym of råk

Declension

Declension of vråk

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	vråk	vråks
	definite	vråken	vråkens
plural	indefinite	vråkar	vråkars
	definite	vråkarna	vråkarnas

Derived terms

• bivråk (“European honey buzzard”)
• fjällvråk (“rough-legged hawk, rough-legged buzzard”)
• ormvråk (“common buzzard”)

References

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