vigge

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

vigge f or m (definite singular vigga or viggen, indefinite plural vigger, definite plural viggene)

1. (especially in the definite singular) strip along the hillside, between the birchen timberline and plateaus above, on either side of a valley

Verb

vigge (present tense vigger, past tense vigga or vigget, past participle vigga or vigget)

1. alternative form of vikke

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• vigga

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ʋɪɡ.ɡə/

Etymology 1

Noun

vigge f (definite singular vigga, indefinite plural vigger, definite plural viggene)

1. (especially in the definite singular) strip along the hillside, between the birchen timberline and plateaus above, on either side of a valley

Etymology 2

Possibly from vigg m. Alternatively compare vidke.

Verb

vigge (present tense viggar, past tense vigga, past participle vigga, passive infinitive viggast, present participle viggande, imperative vigge/vigg)

1. alternative form of vikke

References

• “vigge” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “vigga”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
• “vigge”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016

Swedish

Noun

vigge c

1. Alternative form of vigg (“thunderbolt”)

Declension

Declension of vigge

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	vigge	vigges
	definite	viggen	viggens
plural	indefinite	viggar	viggars
	definite	viggarna	viggarnas

Further reading

• vigge in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker