vagt

Danish

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German wacht, wachte, from Proto-Germanic *wahtwō, cognate with German Wacht. Norwegian vakt and Swedish vakt are also borrowed from Low German.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɑɡ̊d̥]
  • Homophone: vakt

Noun

vagt c (singular definite vagten, plural indefinite vagter)

  1. guard, watch (the act of guarding)
  2. duty
  3. guard (a person guarding)
Declension
Declension of vagt
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vagt vagten vagter vagterne
genitive vagts vagtens vagters vagternes

References

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvæˀjd̥]

Adjective

vagt

  1. neuter singular of vag

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

vagt

  1. neuter singular of vag

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

vagt

  1. neuter singular of vag

Swedish

Adjective

vagt

  1. indefinite neuter singular of vag

Adverb

vagt (comparative vagare, superlative vagast)

  1. vaguely
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