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# {{given name|male|lang=sv}}, short form of [[Johan]] ( =[[John]]), also a common first part of hyphenated names such as Jan-Erik or Jan-Olof.
# {{given name|male|lang=sv}}, short form of [[Johan]] ( =[[John]]), also a common first part of hyphenated names such as Jan-Erik or Jan-Olof.
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Revision as of 19:11, 8 July 2009

See also: jan, jan., and Jan.

English

Template:abbreviation

Jan or Jan.

  1. January

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French (deprecated template usage) Jehan

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Jan

  1. Template:dated Lua error in Module:languages/errorGetBy at line 16: Please specify a language code in the first parameter; the value "male" is not valid (see Wiktionary:List of languages).

Etymology 2

Shortened from (deprecated template usage) Janet and (deprecated template usage) Janice.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Jan

  1. A female nickname, sometimes used as a formal given name.
Quotations
  • 1899 Paul Leicester Ford: Janice Meredith: Chapter 1:
    "Yes, Mommy," answered Janice. Then she turned to her friend and asked, "Shall I wear my light chintz and kenton kerchief, or my purple and white striped Persian?"
    "Sufficiently smart for a country lass, Jan," cried her friend.

Etymology 3

From (deprecated template usage) Johannes.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Jan

  1. A male given name of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Polish, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Czech and (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch origin, also used in Germany and Scandinavia.

Czech

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) Jan m

  1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) a male given name, cognate to John.

Danish

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) Jan

  1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) a male given name, a cognate of John popular in the 20th century.

Dutch

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) Jan

  1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) a male given name, cognate to John or Jan.

German

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) Jan

  1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) a male given name, a Low German and North European variant of Johann ( =John ), popular in Germany in the end of the 20th century.

Limburgish

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) Jan m

  1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) a male given name, equivalent to English John.

Inflection

Inflection
Root singular Root plural Diminutive singular Diminutive plural
Nominative Jan Jen Jenke Jenkes
Genitive Jans Jen Jenkes Jenkes
Locative Jannese Janneser Jenneske Jenneskes
Vocative Janne ? ? ?
Dative¹ Jannem Jannemer Jennemske Jennemskes
Accusative¹ Jan Jen Jenke Jenkes
  • Dative and accusative are nowadays obsolete, use nominative instead.

See also

Norwegian

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) Jan

  1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) a male given name, a cognate of John popular in the 20th century.

Polish

Pronunciation

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) Jan m (diminutive Janek, Jaś, Jasio)

  1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) a male given name (equivalent to John)

Declension

Declension of Jan
singular plural
nominative Jan Janowie
genitive Jana Janów
dative Janowi Janom
accusative Jana Janów
instrumental Janem Janami
locative Janie Janach
vocative Janie Janowie

Swedish

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) Jan

  1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) a male given name, short form of Johan ( =John), also a common first part of hyphenated names such as Jan-Erik or Jan-Olof.
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