våga

Alternative forms

• våget
• vågde (simple past)
• vågd (past participle)

Verb

våga

1. inflection of våge:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse vága, from Middle Low German wāgen. Compare Swedish våga and Danish vove. Doublet of vega ("to weigh").

Verb

våga (present tense vågar or våger, past tense våga or vågde, past participle våga or vågd or vågt, present participle vågande)

1. (also reflexive) to dare

   Synonyms: drista, tora

2. (also reflexive) to venture
3. to risk
4. to bet, wager, stake

References

• “våga” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology

Inherited from Norwegian Nynorsk våg.

Noun

våga

1. a vog (Scandinavian measure unit with various mass, depending on geographical location) (from 18 up to 23 kg in Norway during the XIX century).

   galannja våga

   galaňňa voga

   1.5 vog

References

• Ingvild Broch, Ernst H. Jahr (1984) Russenorsk: Et pidginspråk i Norge [Russenorsk: A pidgin language in Norway], 2 edition, Oslo: Novus Forlag

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²voːɡa/

• Audio (Gotland):

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• Rhymes: -²oːɡa

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish vāgha, from Old Norse vága, from Middle Low German wagen.

Etymology 2

våg (“wave”) +‎ -a

Further reading

• våga in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• avgå, gå av, gåva