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kvinna

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Faroese

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kvinna f (genitive singular kvinnu, plural kvinnur)

  1. woman

Declension

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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

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Derived terms

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References

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

Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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kvinna f

  1. definite feminine singular of kvinne

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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kvinna f

  1. definite feminine singular of kvinne

Old Norse

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Etymology

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

Noun

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kvinna f (genitive kvinnu)

  1. Alternative form of kona

Declension

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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

Further reading

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  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “kvinna”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Old Swedish

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Ōlikar kvinnur.

Etymology

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

Noun

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kvinna f

  1. a woman

Declension

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Declension of kvinna (on-stem)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kvinna kvinnan kvinnu(r), -o(r) kvinnuna(r), -ona(r)
accusative kvinnu, -o kvinnuna, -ona kvinnu(r), -o(r) kvinnuna(r), -ona(r)
dative kvinnu, -o kvinnunni, -onne kvinnum, -om kvinnumin, -omen
genitive kvinnu, -o kvinnunna(r), -onna(r) kvinna kvinnanna

Descendants

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  • Swedish: kvinna

Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv
en kvinna

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish kvinna, from Runic Swedish kuino, from Old Norse kvæna, from kván (wife), from Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn. Cognate with English queen.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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kvinna c

  1. a woman
    män och kvinnor
    men and women

Declension

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Antonyms

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  • man (with respect to gender)

Derived terms

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References

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