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Webster 1913 Edition
Waag
Waag
(wäg)
, Noun.
(Zool.)
The grivet.
Definition 2024
waag
waag
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋaːx/
- Rhymes: -aːx
Etymology 1
Verb
waag
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch wage, from Old Dutch wāga, from Proto-Germanic *wēgō.
Noun
waag f (plural wagen, diminutive waagje n)
- weighing scales
- place (building) where goods are weighed
Etymology 3
From Middle Dutch wage (“wave”), from an ablaut stem of the verb wegen (“to move; to weigh”).
Noun
waag f (plural wagen, diminutive waagje n)
North Frisian
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *wēgaz (“motion, storm, wave”).
Noun
waag n (plural waagen)
- (Föhr-Amrum) wave
- skümig waagen
- foaming waves
- skümig waagen