vågehval

Danish

Etymology

From våge (“opening in the ice”) +‎ hval (“whale”)

Noun

vågehval c (singular definite vågehvalen, plural indefinite vågehvaler)

  1. a minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)
    Synonym: sildepisker

Declension

Declension of vågehval
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vågehval vågehvalen vågehvaler vågehvalerne
genitive vågehvals vågehvalens vågehvalers vågehvalernes

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Etymology

From våg +‎ e +‎ hval (våg is spelt våge in Danish).

Noun

vågehval m (definite singular vågehvalen, indefinite plural vågehvaler, definite plural vågehvalene)

  1. a minke whale

References

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