våg

• IPA^(key): /vɔːˀɣ/, /ʋɔˀw/
• Homophone: vov

From Old Danish wagh (“heavy sea”), from Old Norse vágr (“sea‚ bay”), from Proto-Germanic *wēgaz (“wave”), cognate with Norwegian våg (“inlet”), Swedish våg (“wave”), English waw (obsolete), Dutch waag f, Old Norse vágr (“sea; bay”). Doublet of vove.

våg c (singular definite vågen, plural indefinite våge or våger)

1. (archaic) wave
   • 1921, Frederik Poulsen, Folkesind i Nord og Sy, d, p. 109:

     Du er Kredsløbets Bytte, du Lille, / du er født til Vendettaens Aag, / og som Galliens Mor skal du stirre / hjerteræd ned i Krigshavets Vaag.

     You are the prey of the loop, you little one, you are born to the yoke of the vendetta, and as the mother of Gaul, you shall stare, frightened in your heart, into the wave of the sea of war.

2. (archaic) narrow inlet (about conditions in Norway and on the Faroe Islands)
   • 1812, N.F.S. Grundtvig, Kort Begreb af Verdens Krønike i Sammenhæng, page 313:

     Der sad i Vaagen Præstemanden Hans Egede og læste i en gammel Bog, hvordan kristen Tro fordum havde bygget på Grønland.

     In the inlet, the priest Hans Egede was reading in an old book how Christian faith had once existed in Greenland.

• “Vaag,2” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

våg

1. imperative of våge

From Old Danish vagh, from Old Norse vág, from Proto-Germanic *wēgō. Cognate with Icelandic vog.

våg

1. (obsolete) a scale (device for measuring weights or masses)

From Old Norse vágr.

• IPA^(key): /ʋoːɡ/

våg m (definite singular vågen, indefinite plural våger, definite plural vågene)

1. a narrow inlet (smaller than a fjord), a voe (Shetland and Orkney dialect)

våg

1. imperative of våge

• “våg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /ʋoːɡ/

From Old Norse vágr, from Proto-Germanic *wēgaz.

våg m (definite singular vågen, indefinite plural vågar, definite plural vågane)

2. a narrow inlet (smaller than a fjord)

• vågekval m

våg

2. (water) a wave atop a body of water

Same as Etymology 1. Specialized use of våg m.

våg m (definite singular vågen, uncountable)

1. pus

   Synonyms: puss, var, verk

From Old Norse vág f, from Proto-Germanic *wēgō (“scales, weight”).

våg f (definite singular våga, indefinite plural våger, definite plural vågene)

1. (mechanics) a rod used as lever
2. a scale (device to measure weight)
3. (historical, units of measure) an older unit of weight used to measure heavier goods, around 18 kg.

• (measure unit): Russenorsk: våga

From the verb våge.

våg n (definite singular våget, indefinite plural våg, definite plural våga)

1. an act of daring something
2. a brave or audacious act

våg

1. imperative of våga

• “våg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /ˈvoːɡ/
• Rhymes: -oːɡ

From Old Swedish vāgh, from Old Norse vágr, from Proto-Germanic *wēgaz. Cognate with Middle High German wâge, German Woge, Old English wæg, French vague.

våg c

1. a wave; a shape with alternating curves; a motion of liquid or energy

   En tsunami är en jättevåg

   A tsunami is a giant wave

   böljande vågor

   rolling [billowing] waves

   vågskvalp

   lapping waves

   • 1932, Evert Taube, “Calle Schewens vals [Calle Schewen's Waltz]”‎^[1]:

     I Roslagens famn på den blommande ö, där vågorna klucka [old present tense plural, usually kluckar] mot strand, och vassarna vagga [old present tense plural, usually vaggar] och nyslaget hö, det doftar emot mig ibland.

     In Roslagen's embrace on the flowering island, where the waves lap ["cluck" – onomatopoeic] against shore [sic – indefinite], and the reeds sway and of freshly mown hay, it wafts [smells pleasantly, "scents"] towards me sometimes [sic].

• flodvåg
• monstervåg
• radiovåg
• svallvåg
• vind för våg
• våglängd

• bölja
• sjö
• tsunami

From Old Swedish vāgh, from Old Norse vág, from Proto-Germanic *wēgō. Cognate with Icelandic vog. Compare väga.

våg c

1. a scale (device for measuring weights or masses)
   1. a balance (balance scale)

      Synonym: balansvåg

2. Libra (star sign)

• badrumsvåg
• balansvåg
• fjädervåg

• väga

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