ovan

See also: ovän

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [oˈvɑn]
• Hyphenation: o‧van

Noun

ovan

1. second-person singular possessive nominative singular of ova

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈovan/
• Rhymes: -ovan
• Syllabification: o‧van
• Hyphenation: ov‧a‧n

Adjective

ovan

1. accusative singular of ova

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• ogan, oman (dialectal)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse ofan, from Proto-Germanic *ubanē. Cognate with Faroese oman, Icelandic ofan, Swedish ovan, and Danish oven.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²oː.va/

Adverb

ovan

1. from above, downwards

Preposition

ovan

1. above

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ovь̀nъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *awinas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǒːʋan/
• Hyphenation: ó‧van

Noun

óvan m anim (Cyrillic spelling о́ван)

1. ram
   1. battering ram
2. Capricorn

Declension

Declension of ovan

	singular	plural
nominative	óvan	óvnovi
genitive	óvna	óvnova
dative	óvnu	óvnovima
accusative	óvna	óvnove
vocative	óvne	óvnovi
locative	óvnu	óvnovima
instrumental	óvnom	óvnovima

Related terms

• óvca

Further reading

• “ovan”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoban/ [ˈo.β̞ãn]
• Rhymes: -oban
• Syllabification: o‧van

Verb

ovan

1. third-person plural present indicative of ovar

Swedish

Etymology 1

From o- +‎ van.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuːˌvɑːn/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: o‧van

Adjective

ovan (comparative ovanare, superlative ovanast)

1. unaccustomed (to); not used to, inexperienced, lacking practice

   Antonym: van

Declension

Inflection of ovan

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	ovan	ovanare	ovanast
neuter singular	ovant	ovanare	ovanast
plural	ovana	ovanare	ovanast
masculine plural2	ovane	ovanare	ovanast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	ovane	ovanare	ovanaste
all	ovana	ovanare	ovanaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Related terms

• ovanlig

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Swedish ovan, from Old Norse ofan, from Proto-Germanic *ubanē. Cognate with Danish oven and German oben, as well as with the compound forms Dutch boven and English above.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²oːvan/

• Hyphenation: o‧van

Adverb

ovan (not comparable)

1. above, overhead

   se bilden ovan

   see the above image

Preposition

ovan

1. above, at some unspecified point of higher altitude

   Högt ovan molnen

   High above the clouds

Anagrams

• Nova

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈvan/
• Rhymes: -an
• Hyphenation: o‧van

Noun

ovan

1. second-person singular single-possession possessive of ova