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vague

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Frequenz

B2
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/vaɡ/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

Inherited from Middle French vague, from Old French vague (“movement on the surface of a liquid, ripple”), from Old Norse vágr (“sea”), from Proto-Germanic *wēgaz (“wave, storm”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to drag, carry”). Cognate with Swedish våg (“wave”), Middle Dutch waeghe, wage (“wave”), Old High German wāge (“wave”), Old English wǣg (“wave, billow, motion, flood”). More at waw, wave.

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