van

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.2.2 Related terms 1.3 See also 1.4 Anagrams 2 Croatian 2.1 Adverb 3 Danish 3.1 Etymology 1 3.1.1 Pronunciation 3.1.2 Noun 3.1.2.1 Inflection 3.2 Etymology 2 3.2.1 Pronunciation 3.2.2 Noun 3.2.2.1 Inflection 3.3 Etymology 3 3.3.1 Pronunciation 3.3.2 Adverb 3.3.3 Usage notes 4 Dutch 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Preposition 4.2.1 Derived terms 4.3 Adverb 4.3.1 Derived terms 4.4 See also 5 French 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Noun 6 Galician 6.1 Verb 7 Haitian Creole 7.1 Noun 8 Hungarian 8.1 Etymology 8.2 Verb 8.2.1 Conjugation 8.2.2 Usage notes 8.2.3 Synonyms 8.2.4 Derived terms 8.3 See also 9 Interlingua 9.1 Adjective 10 Serbian 10.1 Adverb 11 Spanish 11.1 Etymology 11.2 Verb 12 Swedish 12.1 Pronunciation 12.2 Adjective 12.2.1 Derived terms 12.2.2 Related terms

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: văn, IPA: /væn/, SAMPA: /v{n/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -æn

[edit] Noun

van (plural vans)

1. A (covered) vehicle used for carrying goods or people, usually roughly cuboid in shape, longer and higher than a car but smaller than a truck.

   The van sped down the road.

2. (British) a railway carriage
3. Shortened form of vanguard.
4. Shortened form of caravan.

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detector van divvy van driving van trailer

goods van panel van white van man

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• lorry
• transit (UK)
• truck

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: anv
• nav

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[edit] Croatian

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van

1. out

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[edit] Danish

Wikipedia ^da

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old Norse vanr (pl. vanir (“‘one of two groups of gods in Norse mythology’”)).

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• IPA: /vaːn/, [væːˀn]

[edit] Noun

van c. (singular definite vanen, plural indefinite vaner)

1. one of the Vanir

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[edit] Etymology 2

From English van.

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• IPA: /vaːn/, [væːn]

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van c. (singular definite vanen, plural indefinite vaner)

1. van

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[edit] Etymology 3

From Old Norse vanr (“‘wont, accustomed’”).

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• IPA: /van/, [van]

[edit] Adverb

van

1. (dated) pleje van – nurse, take care of

[edit] Usage notes

Has been replaced by vant ("usual", "customary").

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

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• IPA: /vɑn/

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van

1. (possession) of

   De hoed van het meisje. — The hat of the girl.

   Het gewicht van een olifant. — The weight of an elephant.

2. (place, direction) from, off

   Hij ging van deur tot deur. — He went from door to door.

   Het vlees van de beenderen snijden. — To cut the meat from the bones.

   Van vader op zoon. — From father to son.

   Hij komt van Griekenland. — He’s from Greece.

3. (time) from

   Van dag tot dag. — Day by day.

   Van toen af aan. — From then onwards.

   Van ’s avonds laat tot ’s morgens vroeg. — From the early morning till late at night.

   De trein van tien uur. — The 10.00 train.

4. (cause) of, with

   Sidderen van angst. — Trembling with fear.

   Tranen van geluk. — Tears of joy.

5. (origin) by, of

   Een schilderij van Rubens. — A painting by Rubens.

   Een plaat van de Beatles. — A Beatles record.

6. (resource) with, of

   Van dit geld kan ik een basgitaar kopen. — With this money I’m able to buy a bass.

7. (part) of, among

   De jongste van zijn dochters. — The youngest of his daughters.

8. (quality) of

   Zij was van adel. — She was of nobel stock.

   Een stad van één miljoen inwoners. — A city of one million inhabitants.

   Hij is een man van eer. — He’s a man of honour.

   Dat is hier niet van toepassing. — That’s not applicable here.

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vanaf vanuit vanwege van top tot teen vanzelf

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van

1. of, from

   Ik neem er tien van. — I’ll take ten of them.

2. from

   Ik vertrek van daar. — I’ll start from there.

3. by, from

   Ik word er gek van. — It drives me crazy.

   Men wordt daar sloom van. — It turns one numb.

4. of, about

   Wat zegt u daar van? — What do you say about that?

   Ik weet daar niks van. — I don’t know anything about that.

[edit] Derived terms

• daarvan
• ervan

[edit] See also

• uit

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

Latin vannus

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van

1. a winnowing basket

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[edit] Galician

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van

1. third-person plural present indicative of ir.

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[edit] Haitian Creole

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van

1. wind

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[edit] Hungarian

[edit] Etymology

See Hungarian volt

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van

1. be, exist
2. have; someone -nak/-nek has something -ja/-je

   Péternek van egy kutyája. - “Peter has a dog” (literally 'There is a his dog for Peter' (sic))

3. there is

   Van itt valaki? - “Is there anybody here?”

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• Omission of van and vannak:

  When using with an adjective (qualification), the forms van and vannak are not used (their place is left empty).

  Béla okos. - Béla is clever.

  Rarely it can still appear: if van is emphasized and the adjective is preceded by a word like olyan (such), annyira (that much), elég (enough)

  Béla van annyira erős, hogy felemelje a szekrényt. - Béla is strong enough to lift the cupboard.

  The forms other than van and vannak are always used.

  Béla okos volt. - Béla was clever.

  Okos vagyok. - I am clever.

  Otherwise, all forms are used:

  with adverbs and adverbial participles (suffixed -va/-ve)

  Hogy van? - How is he? (also 'How are you?', formal singular)

  El van törve. - It is broken.

  or using in the "there is" sense (and so with have, which is expressed by there is in Hungarian)

  Van egy ház a hegyen. - There is a house on the mountain.

• The negative form is nincs or nincsen instead of *nem van, and sincs or sincsen instead of *sem van

  Nincs pénzem. - I don't have any money.

[edit] Synonyms

• (exist): létezik

[edit] Derived terms

With verb prefixes

• elvan
• kivan
• megvan
• odavan

[edit] See also

• a falnak is füle van
• az éremnek két oldala van
• hogy van?
• minden rosszban van valami jó

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[edit] Interlingua

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van

1. vain, futile
2. vain, worthless
3. vain, conceited

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[edit] Serbian

[edit] Adverb

van

1. out

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Etymology

Ultimately from Latin vadere

[edit] Verb

van (infinitive: ir)

1. Second-person plural (ustedes) present indicative form of ir.
2. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes^?) present indicative form of ir.

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Adjective

van

1. be used to, have the habit to

   Han är van vid att stiga upp klockan sju varje morgon.

   “He is used to getting up at seven every morning.”

2. experienced, adept

   Hon är en van bilförare.

   “She is an experienced driver.”

[edit] Derived terms

• med van hand

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• vana