vegne
Danish
Etymology
From Old Danish weghnæ, from Old Norse vegna, originally a genitive plural of vegr (“way”). The modern construction på vegne af nogen or på nogens vegne "on behalf of somebody" is influenced by Middle Low German van ēnes wegene, cf. German wegen (“because of”), originally a dative plural of way. The Low German expression has also inspired Swedish på ... vägnar, å någons vägnar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʋɑjnə]
Noun
vegne pl (indeclinable)
References
- “vegne” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Noun
vegne pl (indeclinable)
Derived terms
See also
- vegner (Nynorsk)
References
- “vegne” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Venetan
Noun
vegne
- plural of vegna