vås

See also: Appendix:Variations of "vas"

Danish

Etymology

A back-formation of våse.

Noun

vås n (singular definite våset, not used in plural form)

  1. nonsense

Declension

Declension of vås
neuter
gender
singular
indefinite definite
nominative vås våset
genitive våss våsets

Synonyms

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From våse, possibly related with Low German waschen (talk).

Pronunciation

Noun

vås n (definite singular våset, uncountable)

  1. nonsense, gibberish

Synonyms

References

  • “vås” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
  • vås” in The Ordnett Dictionary

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse vás, probably related to våt (wet).

Pronunciation

Noun

vås n

  1. strenuous ordeal, strenuous travel

Inflection

References

Polabian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vъ̏šь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɒʃ/

Noun

vås f (nominative plural våsai)

  1. louse

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

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    Polański, Kazimierz (1994), “vås”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), number 6 (un – źornü), Warszawa: Energeia, →ISBN, page 942
  • Polański, Kazimierz; James Allen Sehnert (1967), “vås”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 163