klovn

Danish

Etymology

From English clown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klɔvn/, [kʰlɒwˀn]
• Rhymes: -ɒwn

Noun

klovn c (singular definite klovnen, plural indefinite klovne or klovner)

1. clown

Inflection

Declension of klovn

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	klovn	klovnen	klovne klovner	klovnene klovnerne
genitive	klovns	klovnens	klovnes klovners	klovnenes klovnernes

Derived terms

• klovneri
• klovneagtig

Further reading

• klovn on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• Klovn (artist) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Verb

klovn

1. imperative of klovne

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Norwegian Bokmål

klovn

Etymology

From English clown.

Noun

klovn m (definite singular klovnen, indefinite plural klovner, definite plural klovnene)

1. a clown (performance artist working in a circus)
2. a clown (person who acts in a silly fashion)

References

• “klovn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English clown.

Noun

klovn m (definite singular klovnen, indefinite plural klovnar, definite plural klovnane)

1. a clown (performance artist working in a circus)
2. a clown (person who acts in a silly fashion)

References

• “klovn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• klaun
• klovan

Etymology

From English clown.

Noun

klovn m (Cyrillic spelling кловн)

1. clown (performance artist working e.g. in a circus)
2. a silly, irresponsible person

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklɔ̀ːwn/
• Tonal orthography: klóvn

Noun

klôvn m anim (genitive klôvna, nominative plural klôvni)

1. clown (performance artist working in a circus)

Declension

Declension of klôvn (masculine anim., hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	klôvn	klôvna	klôvni
accusative	klôvna	klôvna	klôvne
genitive	klôvna	klôvnov	klôvnov
dative	klôvnu	klôvnoma	klôvnom
locative	klôvnu	klôvnih	klôvnih
instrumental	klôvnom	klôvnoma	klôvni