# våg
## Danish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vɔːˀɣ/, /ʋɔˀw/
* Homophone: vov

### Etymology 1

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.

#### Noun

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

##### Declension
#### References

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

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

våg
* imperative of våge

### Etymology 3

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

#### Noun

våg
* (obsolete) a scale (device for measuring weights or masses)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse vágr.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʋoːɡ/

#### Noun

våg m (definite singular vågen, indefinite plural våger, definite plural vågene)
* a narrow inlet (smaller than a fjord), a voe (Shetland and Orkney dialect)

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

våg
* imperative of våge

### References

* “våg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʋoːɡ/

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

våg m (definite singular vågen, indefinite plural vågar, definite plural vågane)
* a narrow inlet (smaller than a fjord)

##### Derived terms

* vågekval m

#### Noun

våg
* (water) a wave atop a body of water

### Etymology 2

Same as Etymology 1. Specialized use of våg m.

#### Noun

våg m (definite singular vågen, uncountable)
* pus
    Synonyms: puss, var, verk

### Etymology 3

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

#### Noun

våg f (definite singular våga, indefinite plural våger, definite plural vågene)
* (mechanics) a rod used as lever
* a scale (device to measure weight)
* (historical, units of measure) an older unit of weight used to measure heavier goods, around 18 kg.

### Descendants

* (measure unit): Russenorsk: våga

### Etymology 4

From the verb våge.

#### Noun

våg n (definite singular våget, indefinite plural våg, definite plural våga)
* an act of daring something
* a brave or audacious act

#### Verb

våg
* imperative of våga

### References

* “våg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvoːɡ/
* Rhymes: -oːɡ

### Etymology 1

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.

#### Noun

våg c
* a wave; a shape with alternatingly curves; a motion of liquid or energy

##### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | våg | vågs |
| singular | definite | vågen | vågens |
| plural | indefinite | vågor | vågors |
| plural | definite | vågorna | vågornas |

##### Derived terms

* flodvåg
* radiovåg
* svallvåg
* vind för våg
* våglängd

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

våg c
* a scale (device for measuring weights or masses)
* a balance (balance scale)
    Synonym: balansvåg
* Libra (star sign)

##### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | våg | vågs |
| singular | definite | vågen | vågens |
| plural | indefinite | vågar | vågars |
| plural | definite | vågarna | vågarnas |

##### Derived terms

* balansvåg
* fjädervåg

##### Related terms

* väga

### See also

Zodiac signs in Swedish (layout · text) :
| Väduren | Oxen | Tvillingarna | Kräftan |
| Lejonet | Jungfrun | Vågen | Skorpionen |
| Skytten | Stenbocken | Vattumannen | Fiskarna |

### References

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