van

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[edit] English

A van (motor vehicle).

[edit] Etymology

Short for caravan.

[edit] Pronunciation

[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. (UK) a railway carriage
  3. shortened form of vanguard
    • "'Let Karṇa, clad in armour, stand in the van. And I shall command the entire army in the rear.'" (Mahābhārata: "Virāṭa Parva")
  4. shortened form of caravan

[edit] Translations

A (covered) vehicle used for carrying goods
a railway carriage
Shortened form of vanguard
Shortened form of caravan
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[edit] Verb

van (third-person singular simple present vans, present participle vanning, simple past and past participle vanned)

  1. (transitive) To transport in a van or similar vehicle (especially of horses).
    • 1966, United States Congress, Senate, Committee on Commerce:
      I have to have a license to own them, a license to train them, my jockey has to have a license to ride them, the van company must have a license to van them, and the black shoe man must have a license to shoe them.
    • 1999, Bonnie Bryant, Changing Leads, p. 53:
      [They] had their own horses, but they hadn't bothered to van them over to Pine Hollow for this outing.

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van

  1. Third-person plural present indicative form of anar.

[edit] Danish

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[edit] Etymology 1

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

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /vaːn/, [væːˀn]

[edit] Noun

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

  1. one of the Vanir
[edit] Inflection
    Inflection of van
common gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative, dative and accusative van vanen vaner vanerne
genitive vans vanens vaners vanernes

[edit] Etymology 2

From English van.

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /vaːn/, [væːn]

[edit] Noun

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

  1. van
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    Inflection of van
common gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative, dative and accusative van vanen vaner vanerne
genitive vans vanens vaners vanernes

[edit] Etymology 3

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

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /van/, [van]

[edit] Adverb

van

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

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Etymology

From Middle Dutch, from Old Dutch fan (“from”), from Proto-Germanic *fana, *funa (“from”), from Proto-Indo-European *pone, *pana (“from”), from Proto-Indo-European *apo-, *pā- (“off, of”). Cognate with Old Saxon fana, fan (“from”), Old Frisian fan, fon (“from”), Old High German fona, fon (“from”).

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[edit] Preposition

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. (of a 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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[edit] Adverb

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.

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

Latin vannus

[edit] Noun

van m. (plural vans)

  1. a winnowing basket

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van m. (feminine va, masculine plural vans, feminine plural vas)

  1. empty, devoid of content, containing only air
  2. useless, ineffective
  3. (of a person) vacuous, trivial-minded

[edit] Verb

van

  1. third-person plural present indicative of ir

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[edit] Noun

van

  1. wind

[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?”

[edit] Conjugation

conjugation of van
Infinitive lenni
Past participle volt
Present participle levő or lévő
Future participle leendő
Adverbial participle léve
Potential lehet
1st person sg. 2nd person sg. informal 3rd person sg.,
2nd person sg. formal		 1st person pl. 2nd person pl. informal 3rd person pl.,
2nd person pl. formal
Indicative Mood Present Indefinite vagyok vagy van vagyunk vagytok vannak
Definite intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
Past Indefinite voltam voltál volt voltunk voltatok voltak
Definite -
Future Indefinite leszek leszel lesz leszünk lesztek lesznek
Definite -
Conditional Mood Present Indefinite lennék
or
volnék		 lennél
or
volnál		 lenne
or
volna		 lennénk
or
volnánk		 lennétek
or
volnátok		 lennének
or
volnának
Definite -
Past Indefinite lettem volna lettél volna lett volna lettünk volna lettetek volna lettek volna
Definite -
Subjunctive Mood Present Indefinite legyek légy
or
legyél		 legyen legyünk legyetek legyenek
Definite -
Conjugated Infinitive lennem lenned lennie lennünk lennetek lenniük

[edit] Usage notes

  • 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.
    It still appears if van/vannak is the focus of the sentence. This happens when the sentence means that the property described by the adjective (e.g. strength) reaches or exceeds some specified level and this is emphasized by the speaker. In this case, 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.
    Using in the "exists" or "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.
    Van egy kutyám. - I have a dog.

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[edit] Adjective

van (comparative plus van, superlative le plus van)

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

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[edit] Rafsi

van

  1. Rafsi of vanju.

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vȁn (Cyrillic spelling ва̏н)

  1. except

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vȁn (Cyrillic spelling ва̏н)

  1. (with genitive) in front of, before
    van kuće — outside, outdoors
  2. (with genitive) out of
    van zemlje — abroad

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  • IPA: /ʋâːn/

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vȃn (Cyrillic spelling ва̑н)

  1. out, outside, outdoors

[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.

[edit] Swedish

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van (comparative vanare, superlative vanast)

  1. accustomed to; 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.”

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