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akvavit

akvavit is the alternative spelling of aquavit.

Meaning of aquavit

Noun

aquavit (countable and uncountable, plural aquavits)

  1. A Scandinavian liquor distilled from potato or grain mash to about 40% ABV and typically flavored with anise, although caraway seeds, fennel, dill, and other spices and herbs are also used.

Forms of akvavit

pluralakvavits

Origin of akvavit

Unadapted borrowing from Danish and Swedish akvavit, from Medieval Latin aqua vitae (“water of life”). Doublet of aqua vitae and aquavit. Compare eau-de-vie, whisky, whiskey, and water of life from the same source.

Questions about akvavit

What is akvavit the alternative spelling of?
Akvavit is the alternative spelling of aquavit.

Words near akvavit in the dictionary

  1. Akurio
  2. Akutagawa
  3. akutak
  4. akutaq
  5. Akuti
  6. akvavit
  7. akvavits
  8. Akwa Ibom
  9. Akwa'ala
  10. Akwapem
  11. Akwapim

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Adapted from Wiktionary: akvavit (page history and authors); aquavit (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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