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vej.

road (strip of land made suitable for travel, the path or route one takes)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈʋɑjˀ]

  1. road (strip of land made suitable for travel, the path or route one takes)

    common-gender

  2. way

    common-gender

  3. route

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

From Old Danish wægh, from Old Norse vegr (“way”), from Proto-Germanic *wegaz, cognate with English way and German Weg. Derived from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to transport”), cf. Latin vehō and vector.

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