kvan
Danish
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a garden angelica
Etymology
From dialectal Norwegian kvan, from Old Norse hvǫnn. Compare Icelandic hvönn, Faroese hvonn, Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk kvann, and Swedish kvanne
Pronunciation
Noun
kvan c (singular definite kvanen or kvannen, plural indefinite kvaner or kvanner)
Declension
Declension of kvan
References
“kvan” in Den Danske Ordbog