harpun

Danish

Etymology

Via Dutch harpoen, from French harpon (“harpoon”).

Noun

harpun c (singular definite harpunen, plural indefinite harpuner)

1. harpoon

Declension

Declension of harpun

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	harpun	harpunen	harpuner	harpunerne
genitive	harpuns	harpunens	harpuners	harpunernes

Related terms

• harpunere

References

• “harpun” in Den Danske Ordbog

Finnish

Noun

harpun

1. genitive singular of harppu

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French harpon, via Dutch harpoen.

Noun

harpun m (definite singular harpunen, indefinite plural harpuner, definite plural harpunene)

1. a harpoon

References

• “harpun” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French harpon, via Dutch harpoen.

Noun

harpun m (definite singular harpunen, indefinite plural harpunar, definite plural harpunane)

1. a harpoon

References

• “harpun” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Harpune, from Dutch harpoen, from Middle Dutch arpoen, from Middle French harpon, from Old French harpon, from Latin harpaga, a rare variant of harpagō, from Ancient Greek ἁρπάγη (harpágē), from ἁρπάζω (harpázō).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxar.pun/

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• Rhymes: -arpun
• Syllabification: har‧pun

Noun

harpun m inan

1. (hunting) harpoon (spearlike weapon)

Declension

Declension of harpun

	singular	plural
nominative	harpun	harpuny
genitive	harpuna	harpunów
dative	harpunowi	harpunom
accusative	harpun	harpuny
instrumental	harpunem	harpunami
locative	harpunie	harpunach
vocative	harpunie	harpuny

Derived terms

adjective

• harpunowy

 

nouns

• harpuniarz
• harpunnik

 

Related terms

adjective

• harpunniczy

 

Further reading

• harpun in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• harpun in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xǎrpuːn/
• Hyphenation: har‧pun

Noun

hàrpūn m (Cyrillic spelling ха̀рпӯн)

1. harpoon

Declension

Declension of harpun

	singular	plural
nominative	hàrpūn	harpuni
genitive	harpúna	harpuna
dative	harpunu	harpunima
accusative	harpun	harpune
vocative	harpune	harpuni
locative	harpunu	harpunima
instrumental	harpunom	harpunima

Swedish

Etymology

From Dutch harpoen, from Old French harpon, from harpe (“dog's claw”), from Latin harpago (“grappling hook”).

Noun

harpun c

1. a harpoon

Declension

Declension of harpun
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	harpun	harpunen	harpuner	harpunerna
Genitive	harpuns	harpunens	harpuners	harpunernas

Related terms

• harpunera (“to harpoon”)

Descendants

• → Finnish: harppuuna

References

• harpun in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• harpun in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• harpun in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)