Noun: kvæg
Gender: Neuter
Hyphenation:
Nominative
| Sg. indefinite | kvæg |
| Sg. definite | kvæget |
Genitive
| Sg. indefinite | kvægs |
| Sg. definite | kvægets |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like kvæg
urfjeld,
samhør,
samliv,
smegma,
selvværd,
industriaffald,
bæskubberi,
skarpsyn,
betleri,
vellevned,
støbejern,
babytøj,
bagslag,
bagværk,
madaffald,
spildevand,
dagslys,
adelskab,
blodslægtskab,
stjernestøv, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Danish quik, qwegh (“alive, lively”), from Old Norse kvikr, from Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz, cognate with English quick, German quick (from Low German), keck. Doublet of kvik, kæk, and kvaj. The modern use as a noun is an abbreviation of Old Danish qwikfæ, Old Norse kvikfé. See: Old Norse Nouns '
kvikr', English Nouns '
quick', Old Norse Nouns '
kvikfé'.
Verbs referencing "kvæg"
Norwegian Bokmål Nouns
kveg, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns
kveg.
Translations