waag

• IPA^(key): /wɑɡ/

waag (plural waags)

1. The grivet (an African monkey) - Chlorocebus aethiops

• grivet, tota

• IPA^(key): /ʋaːx/
• Hyphenation: waag
• Rhymes: -aːx

From Middle Dutch wâge, from Old Dutch wāga, from Proto-Germanic *wēgō.

waag f (plural wagen, diminutive waagje n)

1. weighing scales

   Synonym: weegschaal

2. place (building) where goods are weighed

   Synonym: waaggebouw

• boterwaag
• heksenwaag
• kaaswaag

• waagschaal

From Middle Dutch wāge f, alternative form of rare waech m, from Old Dutch *wāg, from Proto-Germanic *wēgaz. The feminine may be a mere variant (if old from Old Dutch *wāga, from Proto-Germanic *wēgō), or it may be due to a merger with another word with an original short vowel, which is attested in Middle High German wage (“movement, shaking”), Old High German waga. See German Woge for more.

waag f (plural wagen, diminutive waagje n)

1. wave
2. water flow, current

See the etymology of the main entry.

waag

1. first-person singular present indicative of wagen
2. imperative of wagen

From Proto-Germanic *wēgaz (“motion, storm, wave”).

waag n (plural waagen)

1. (Föhr-Amrum) wave

   skümig waagen

   foaming waves

• IPA^(key): /ˈwa.ʔaɡ/

waag

1. wide, open field or space
2. state or condition of being wide-open and clear to viewing

• IPA^(key): /wa.ˈʔaɡ/

waag

1. open; wide and clear (referring to a place)
2. cleared of obstructions that hinder clear viewing

• waagan
• waagin