vägg

See also: vagg and vægg

Swedish

två väggar som möts i ett hörn (two walls that meet in a corner)
också en vägg (also a wall)

Etymology

From Old Swedish væg f, vægger m, from Old Norse veggr. Cognates include Danish væg, Faroese and Icelandic veggur, Gothic *𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌿𐍃 (*waddjus) and Norwegian vegg.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɛɡ/
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Noun

vägg c

  1. a wall (permanent, substantial division in or side of a building)

Usage notes

A free-standing wall made of brick, stones, concrete or the like is a mur.

Declension

Declension of vägg 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative vägg väggen väggar väggarna
Genitive väggs väggens väggars väggarnas

Derived terms

References

  1. vägg in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Further reading

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