skans

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Latvian[edit]

Noun[edit]

skans m (1st declension)

  1. (dialectal) alternative form of skaņa

Declension[edit]

Declension of skans (1st declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) skans skani
accusative (akuzatīvs) skanu skanus
genitive (ģenitīvs) skana skanu
dative (datīvs) skanam skaniem
instrumental (instrumentālis) skanu skaniem
locative (lokatīvs) skanā skanos
vocative (vokatīvs) skan skani

Swedish[edit]

Nässkansen in Botkyrka Municipality. A star-shaped sconce.

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Swedish skanz. Borrowed from Middle Low German schanse, schanze. First attested in 1506.[1]

Cognate with Danish skanse, Norwegian skanse, and English sconce.

Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

skans c

  1. A sconce; a type of small fort or other fortification.
  2. (nautical) the crew's quarters on an (older) ship, a forecastle

Declension[edit]

Declension of skans 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative skans skansen skansar skansarna
Genitive skans skansens skansars skansarnas

Descendants[edit]

  • Polish: skansen

References[edit]

  1. ^ skans in Svensk ordbok (SO)
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