våde

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɔːðə/, [ˈʋɔðð̩]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse váði (“danger, peril”), cognate with Norwegian våde, Swedish våda. A derivation of vá (“disaster”), from Proto-Germanic *waiwô (“misery”), cognate with English woe, German Weh (Danish ve is borrowed from Low German).

Noun

våde c (singular definite våden, plural indefinite våder)

  1. (solemn) peril, disaster, damage
    in the modern language only in the expression stande i våde (stå i våde) and the compound vådeskud
Declension
Declension of våde
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative våde våden våder våderne
genitive vådes vådens våders vådernes
Further reading

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

våde

  1. definite singular of våd
  2. plural of våd
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