sloven

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Derived terms 2 Dutch 2.1 Noun 3 Norwegian 3.1 Noun 3.1.1 Synonyms 3.1.2 Related terms 4 Romanian 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Pronunciation 4.3 Adjective 4.3.1 Declension 4.4 Noun 4.4.1 Declension 5 Swedish 5.1 Noun 5.1.1 See also

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle Flemish sloovin (“‘a scold’”) realated to sloef (“‘untidy, shabby’”), from Proto-Germanic *slup- + Old French suffix -ain, from Latin -anus Related to slob, slow, sloth, slush, slurp, sloof, slattern, and slut.

[edit] Noun

sloven (plural slovens)

1. A man or boy habitually negligent of neatness and order; -- the male equivalent of slattern, or slut; untidy, dirty.
2. low, base, lewd
3. (obsolete) immoral woman

[edit] Derived terms

• slovenliness
• slovenly
• slovenness

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[edit] Dutch

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sloven

1. Plural form of sloof.

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sloven m. (definite singular slovenen; indefinite plural slovener; definite plural slovenene)

1. Person from Slovenia

[edit] Synonyms

• slovener

[edit] Related terms

• Slovenia
• slovensk

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Serbian Sloven.

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• IPA: [slo'ven]

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sloven ^{4 nom/acc forms}

1. (of a person) Slovene, Slovenian

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sloven m. (plural sloveni; feminine equivalent slovenă)

1. a Slovene/Slovenian person

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Inflection for sloven	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	sloven	slovenen	slovener	slovenerna
Genitive	slovens	slovenens	sloveners	slovenernas

sloven

1. A person from Slovenia, chiefly male

[edit] See also

• slovenska