avgå

avgå

See also: avga

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From av +‎ gå.

Verb

avgå (imperative avgå, present tense avgår, passive avgås, simple past avgikk, past participle avgått, present participle avgående)

1. to depart, leave

Derived terms

• avgående (adjective)
• avgått (adjective)
• avgå ved døden

References

• “avgå” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “avgå” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From av +‎ gå.

Verb

avgå (present tense avgår, past tense avgjekk, past participle avgått, passive infinitive avgåast, present participle avgåande, imperative avgå)

1. to depart, leave

Derived terms

• avgå ved døden

References

• Lexin

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Swedish

Etymology

From av- +‎ gå, like German abgehen, English go off.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ɑːvˌɡoː/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -oː

Verb

avgå (present avgår, preterite avgick, supine avgått, imperative avgå)

1. to resign (from an elected position)

   Presidenten vägrade avgå efter skandalen.

   The president refused to resign after the scandal.

2. to depart

   Tåget mot Malmö avgår klockan 13 från spår 11.

   The train for Malmö departs at 13:00 from track 11.

Conjugation

Conjugation of avgå (strong)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	avgå		—
Supine	avgått		—
Imperative	avgå		—
Imper. plural1	avgån		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	avgår	avgick	—	—
Ind. plural1	avgå	avgingo	—	—
Subjunctive2	avgå	avginge	—	—
	Participles
Present participle	avgående
Past participle	avgången
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• avgång

References

• “avgå”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy]‎ (in Swedish), 1937

Further reading

• avgå in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• gå av, gåva, våga