valg

Borrowed from Latin valgus.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbalk]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈvalk]

valg (feminine valga, masculine plural valgs, feminine plural valgues)

1. (pathology) Turned outwards

   genoll valg ― knock-knee

• “valg”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

From Old Norse val, from Proto-Germanic *walą. Cognate with German Wahl f. The modern Danish form has g from the verb vælge.

• IPA^(key): /valˀɣ/, [ˈʋælˀ], [ˈʋælˀʝ]

valg n (singular definite valget, plural indefinite valg)

1. choice
2. election

From Middle Dutch valge. Cognate with Middle Low German valge, Middle High German valgen, velgen, West Frisian falig, Old English fealg, English fallow. More distantly related to Transalpine Gaulish olca.

• IPA^(key): /vɑlx/

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• Hyphenation: valg
• Rhymes: -ɑlx

valg f (plural valgen, diminutive valgje n)

1. fallow

• (fallow): braakland, dries, valgeland

From Old Norse val.

valg n (definite singular valget, indefinite plural valg, definite plural valga or valgene)

1. election
2. choice

• velge

• val (Nynorsk)

• “valg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.