kvinna

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Faroese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse kvenna, from genitive plural of kona (“wife, woman”), from Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

kvinna f (genitive singular kvinnu, plural kvinnur)

  1. woman

Declension[edit]

Declension of kvinna
f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kvinna kvinnan kvinnur kvinnurnar
accusative kvinnu kvinnuna kvinnur kvinnurnar
dative kvinnu kvinnuni kvinnum kvinnunum
genitive kvinnu kvinnunnar kvinna kvinnanna

Synonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

Árnason, Kristján (2011) The Phonology of Icelandic and Faroese (The Phonology of the World's Languages) (in English), Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 87

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

kvinna f

  1. definite feminine singular of kvinne

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Noun[edit]

kvinna f

  1. definite feminine singular of kvinne

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Back-formed from kvenna, kvinna, the genitive plural of kona. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (“woman”).

Noun[edit]

kvinna f (genitive kvinnu)

  1. Alternative form of kona

Declension[edit]

  Declension of kvinna (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kvinna kvinnan kvinnur kvinnurnar
accusative kvinnu kvinnuna kvinnur kvinnurnar
dative kvinnu kvinnunni kvinnum kvinnunum
genitive kvinnu kvinnunnar kvinna kvinnanna

References[edit]

  • “kvinna”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Swedish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse kvæna, from kván (“wife”), from Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn. Cognate with English queen.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /²kvɪnːˌa/
  • audio (Gotland; "en kvinna")(file)
  • Rhymes: -²ɪna

Noun[edit]

kvinna c

  1. a woman

Declension[edit]

Declension of kvinna 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative kvinna kvinnan kvinnor kvinnorna
Genitive kvinnas kvinnans kvinnors kvinnornas

Antonyms[edit]

  • man (with respect to gender)

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

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