"varg" meaning in Swedish

See varg in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /varj/ Audio: Sv-en varg.ogg
Rhymes: -arj Etymology: From Old Swedish vargher, from Old Norse vargr, from Proto-Germanic *wargaz, from Proto-Indo-European *werǵʰ-. Originally had the meaning "destroyer, criminal," but replaced the original word ulv as a noa-name (euphemistic taboo avoidance). Compare gråben, tasse, etc. Etymology templates: {{der|sv|gmq-osw|vargher}} Old Swedish vargher, {{der|sv|non|vargr}} Old Norse vargr, {{der|sv|gem-pro|*wargaz}} Proto-Germanic *wargaz, {{der|sv|ine-pro|*werǵʰ-}} Proto-Indo-European *werǵʰ- Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||g=c|g2=|head=|sort=}} varg c, {{sv-noun|c}} varg c Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], varg [indefinite, nominative, singular], vargs [genitive, indefinite, singular], vargen [definite, nominative, singular], vargens [definite, genitive, singular], vargar [indefinite, nominative, plural], vargars [genitive, indefinite, plural], vargarna [definite, nominative, plural], vargarnas [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. wolf (a canid) Tags: common-gender Categories (lifeform): Wolves Synonyms: gråben, tasse, ulv
    Sense id: en-varg-sv-noun-Pr3BFZfs Disambiguation of Wolves: 50 7 21 21 Categories (other): Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 3 7 31 6 27 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 4 38 4 26 26 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 33 6 30 30
  2. a tree with a large crown and thick branches which steals sunlight and space from other smaller trees Tags: common-gender Categories (lifeform): Trees
    Sense id: en-varg-sv-noun-Dtoi~I9w Disambiguation of Trees: 24 31 22 22
  3. (colloquial) reject; a rejected defective product in a production line Tags: colloquial, common-gender
    Sense id: en-varg-sv-noun-pnlH3eqx Categories (other): Pages with 7 entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 3 7 31 6 27 27 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 33 6 30 30
  4. (colloquial) reject; a rejected defective product in a production line
    (colloquial, by extension) the damage itself on the product
    Tags: broadly, colloquial, common-gender
    Sense id: en-varg-sv-noun-SCcEcZvW Categories (other): Pages with 7 entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 3 7 31 6 27 27 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 33 6 30 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: vaj

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bitvarg"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ensamvarg"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hungrig som en varg"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kasta åt vargarna"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "polarvarg"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prärievarg"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ropa varg"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "rödvarg"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "slitvarg"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "snålvarg"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "solvarg"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "stäppvarg"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tjuta med vargarna"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tundravarg"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "varg i veum"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "vargatid"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "vargavinter"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "vargaväder"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "vargbiten"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "vargflock"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "varggrin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "varggrop"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "varghagel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "varghund"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "varginna"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "vargjakt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "vargpar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "vargpäls"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "vargrevir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "vargskinn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "vargspår"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "vargstam"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "vargtass"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "vargtimma"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "vargtimme"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "vargtjut"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "vargton"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "vargunge"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "vargvalp"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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    },
    {
      "form": "vargen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vargens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
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    },
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      "form": "vargarna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vargarnas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "name": "head"
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          "_dis": "3 7 31 6 27 27",
          "kind": "other",
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          "_dis": "2 4 38 4 26 26",
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          "_dis": "33 6 30 30",
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          "ref": "1984, “Vargsången [The wolf song]”, Astrid Lindgren (lyrics), Björn Isfält (music)performed by Lena Nyman:",
          "text": "Vargen ylar i nattens skog. Han vill men kan inte sova. Hungern river hans vargabuk, och det är kallt i hans stova. Du varg, du varg, kom inte hit. Ungen min får du aldrig.",
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          "english": "The wolves howled in the forest",
          "text": "Vargarna ylade i skogen",
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    "Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish",
    "Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
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      "word": "bitvarg"
    },
    {
      "word": "ensamvarg"
    },
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      "word": "hungrig som en varg"
    },
    {
      "word": "kasta åt vargarna"
    },
    {
      "word": "polarvarg"
    },
    {
      "word": "prärievarg"
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    {
      "word": "ropa varg"
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      "word": "rödvarg"
    },
    {
      "word": "slitvarg"
    },
    {
      "word": "snålvarg"
    },
    {
      "word": "solvarg"
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    {
      "word": "stäppvarg"
    },
    {
      "word": "tjuta med vargarna"
    },
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      "word": "tundravarg"
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      "word": "varg i veum"
    },
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    },
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      "word": "vargavinter"
    },
    {
      "word": "vargaväder"
    },
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      "word": "vargbiten"
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      "word": "varggrin"
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      "word": "varggrop"
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      "word": "varghund"
    },
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      "word": "varginna"
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    },
    {
      "word": "vargpar"
    },
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      "word": "vargpäls"
    },
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      "word": "vargrevir"
    },
    {
      "word": "vargskinn"
    },
    {
      "word": "vargspår"
    },
    {
      "word": "vargstam"
    },
    {
      "word": "vargtass"
    },
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      "word": "vargtimma"
    },
    {
      "word": "vargtimme"
    },
    {
      "word": "vargtjut"
    },
    {
      "word": "vargton"
    },
    {
      "word": "vargunge"
    },
    {
      "word": "vargvalp"
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        "singular"
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "vargarna",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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          "english": "The wolf howls in the forest of the night. He wants to sleep but cannot. [\"He wants to but cannot sleep\" – \"He wants to X\" is \"Han vill X\"] [The] hunger tears his wolf's belly, and it is cold in his stove [archaic, dialectal, in the dated English sense]. Hey [du (“you”) can be used as a vocative] wolf, hey wolf, do not come here [hither, to here]. My child you will never have.",
          "ref": "1984, “Vargsången [The wolf song]”, Astrid Lindgren (lyrics), Björn Isfält (music)performed by Lena Nyman:",
          "text": "Vargen ylar i nattens skog. Han vill men kan inte sova. Hungern river hans vargabuk, och det är kallt i hans stova. Du varg, du varg, kom inte hit. Ungen min får du aldrig.",
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        {
          "english": "The wolves howled in the forest",
          "text": "Vargarna ylade i skogen",
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        "wolf (a canid)"
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          "wolf",
          "wolf"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "gråben"
        },
        {
          "word": "tasse"
        },
        {
          "word": "ulv"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a tree with a large crown and thick branches which steals sunlight and space from other smaller trees"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tree",
          "tree"
        ],
        [
          "crown",
          "crown"
        ],
        [
          "branch",
          "branch"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish colloquialisms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "reject; a rejected defective product in a production line"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "reject",
          "reject"
        ],
        [
          "defective",
          "defective"
        ],
        [
          "production line",
          "production line"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) reject; a rejected defective product in a production line"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "common-gender"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish colloquialisms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "reject; a rejected defective product in a production line",
        "the damage itself on the product"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "reject",
          "reject"
        ],
        [
          "defective",
          "defective"
        ],
        [
          "production line",
          "production line"
        ],
        [
          "damage",
          "damage"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) reject; a rejected defective product in a production line",
        "(colloquial, by extension) the damage itself on the product"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "colloquial",
        "common-gender"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/varj/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Sv-en varg.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cc/Sv-en_varg.ogg/Sv-en_varg.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Sv-en_varg.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-arj"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "noa-name",
    "sv:varg"
  ],
  "word": "varg"
}

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