krage

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkraːɡə/, [ˈkʁ̥ɑːʊ]

krage c (singular definite kragen, plural indefinite krager)

1. crow, especially carrion crow and hooded crow (Corvus corone) and (Corvus cornix)

• ålekrage (“cormorant”)

• “krage” in Den Danske Ordbog

• krave

From Middle Low German krage and Middle Norwegian kragi.

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

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

• “krage” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Middle Low German krage and Middle Norwegian kragi.

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

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

• “krage” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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.

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

• ta sig i kragen

• krage in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• krage in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• krage in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)