vante

See also: vanté and vaňte

Danish

Noun

vante c (definite singular vanten, indefinite plural vanter, definite plural vanterne)

1. a mitten (type of glove)

Related terms

• handske

Descendants

• Norwegian Bokmål: vante
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: vante

Adjective

vante

1. definite singular/plural of vant

References

• “vante” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Verb

vante

1. inflection of vanter:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• Avent, navet, venta

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Danish vante, from Old Norse vantr.

Noun

vante m (definite singular vanten, indefinite plural vanter, definite plural vantene)

1. a glove (item of clothing)

Related terms

• hanske
• vott

Descendants

• → Norwegian Nynorsk: vante

Etymology 2

Adjective

vante

1. definite singular/plural of vant

References

• “vante” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian Bokmål vante, from Danish vante, from Old Norse vantr. Doublet of vott.

Noun

vante m (definite singular vanten, indefinite plural vantar, definite plural vantane)

1. a glove

   Synonym: hanske

Verb

vante (present tense vantar, past tense vanta, past participle vanta, passive infinitive vantast, present participle vantande, imperative vante/vant)

1. Alternative form of vanta

References

• “vante” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish wante, from Old Norse vǫttr, from Proto-Germanic *wantuz, from Proto-Indo-European *wondʰnú- (“glove”), from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to wind, wrap”).

See also Dutch want (mitten)

Noun

vante c

1. a (usually knitted or made of cloth) garment worn on the hands for warmth (or to protect against heat, in the case of an oven mitt)
   1. a mitten (tumvante)
   2. a glove (fingervante)
   3. an oven mitt, an oven glove (grillvante (for grilling) or grytvante (generally))

Usage notes

A glove made from sturdier material like leather (or rubber or the like) is a handske.

Declension

Declension of vante
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	vante	vanten	vantar	vantarna
Genitive	vantes	vantens	vantars	vantarnas

Derived terms

• fingervante
• flyga som en vante (“be thrown around like a rag doll”)
• grillvante
• grytvante
• lovikkavante
• lägga vantarna på något (“get one's hands on something”)
• slå vantarna i bordet (“go bankrupt”)
• tumvante

See also

• handske

References

• vante in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• vante in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• vante in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• navet