vråk

Swedish

Alternative forms

  • (bird): våk (dated)

Etymology

(bird): Inherited from Old Swedish *vaker, with sounds shifting place. Ultimately from Old Norse vákr, from Proto-Germanic *wanakaz. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk våk and Danish våge.

Noun

vråk c

  1. buzzard (bird)
  2. synonym of råk

Declension

Declension of vråk
nominative genitive
singular indefinite vråk vråks
definite vråken vråkens
plural indefinite vråkar vråkars
definite vråkarna vråkarnas

Derived terms

  • bivråk (“European honey buzzard”)
  • fjällvråk (“rough-legged hawk, rough-legged buzzard”)
  • ormvråk (“common buzzard”)

References

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