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

  • See Thesaurus:da:nonsense.

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