krage

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse kráka (“crow”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkraːɡə/, [ˈkʁ̥ɑːʊ]

Noun

krage c (singular definite kragen, plural indefinite krager)

  1. crow, especially carrion crow and hooded crow

Inflection
Declension of krage
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative krage kragen krager kragerne
genitive krages kragens kragers kragernes

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Low German krage and Middle Norwegian kragi.

Noun

krage m (definite singular kragen, indefinite plural krager, definite plural kragene)

  1. a collar (on a garment, or dog or cat)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German krage and Middle Norwegian kragi.

Noun

krage m (definite singular kragen, indefinite plural kragar, definite plural kragane)

  1. a collar (on a garment, or dog or cat)

References

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish kraghi, borrowed from Middle Low German krage, from Proto-Germanic *kragô (“throat”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʷrogʰ-. Cognate of Norwegian Bokmål krage. More at craw.

Noun

krage c

  1. collar (part of garment)
  2. collar (coloured ring round the neck of a flower, bird or mammal)
  3. collar (financial), a collection of derivatives intended for risk management

Declension
Declension of krage 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative krage kragen kragar kragarna
Genitive krages kragens kragars kragarnas

Derived terms

References
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