flage
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Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse flak (“loose or torn piece”), flakna (“flake or chip”), from Proto-Germanic *flaką (“something flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat, broad, plain”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]flage c (singular definite flagen, plural indefinite flager)
Inflection
[edit]Declension of flage
Verb
[edit]flage (imperative flag, infinitive at flage, present tense flager, past tense flagede, perfect tense har flaget)
- fly a flag
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]flage f (definite singular flaga, indefinite plural flager, definite plural flagene)
Verb
[edit]flage (present tense flagar, past tense flaga, past participle flaga, passive infinitive flagast, present participle flagande, imperative flage/flag)
- to flash, to streak, to briefly make or become visible
- 1979, Ola Setrom, Medan steinane mel, page 111:
- Jo ser på Marete med det same, og han ansar at det flagar ein veik raudlet over kinna hennar.
- Jo looks at Marete at once, and notices that there flashes a weak red colour over her cheeks.
References
[edit]- “flage” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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