vægt

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Danish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Danish wict, wæct, borrowed from Middle Low German wicht, from Proto-Germanic *wihtiz. Cognate with English weight. Swedish vikt is also borrowed from Low German.

Noun[edit]

vægt c (singular definite vægten, plural indefinite vægte)

  1. weight
  2. scales (a device for weighing goods for sale)
  3. Libra (someone with a Libra star sign)
Inflection[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

vægt

  1. imperative of vægte

Further reading[edit]