kvan

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Danish[edit]

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en kvan
a garden angelica

Etymology[edit]

From dialectal Norwegian kvan, from Old Norse hvǫnn. Compare Icelandic hvönn, Faroese hvonn, Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk kvann, and Swedish kvanne.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [kvæˀn], [kvanˀ], [kvan]

Noun[edit]

kvan c (singular definite kvanen or kvannen, plural indefinite kvaner or kvanner)

  1. garden angelica, wild celery, Norwegian angelica; Angelica archangelica

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

kvan” in Den Danske Ordbog