vägg

From Old Swedish væg f, vægger m, from Old Norse veggr. Cognates include Danish væg, Faroese and Icelandic veggur, Gothic *𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌿𐍃 (*waddjus) and Norwegian vegg.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /vɛɡ/

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vägg c

1. a wall (permanent, substantial division in or side of a building)
   • 1991, Eva Dahlgren, “Vem tänder stjärnorna? [Who lights the stars?]”, in En blekt blondins hjärta [The Heart of a Bleached Blonde]‎^[1]:

     Det var evighetssekunder. Tre korta andetag. Hela livet vände. Vem valde? Inte jag. Jag hörde ord från mina läppar som aldrig vilat i min mun. Tankar aldrig tänkta, som nya väggar i ett rum.

     It was seconds of eternity. Three short breaths. My whole life ["the whole life" – Swedish often prefers to express possession by putting a noun in the definite instead of with a separate possessive pronoun] turned around. Who chose? Not me. I heard words from my lips that had [implied from vilat (“rested”) being supine] never rested in my mouth. Thoughts never thought, like new walls in a room.

A free-standing wall made of brick, stones, concrete or the like is a mur.

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