ovn

Danish

Noun

ovn c (singular definite ovnen, plural indefinite ovne)

1. oven

Inflection

Declension of ovn

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ovn	ovnen	ovne	ovnene
genitive	ovns	ovnens	ovnes	ovnenes

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse ofn, from Proto-Germanic *uhnaz, *uhwnaz (compare Danish ovn, Swedish ugn, Icelandic ofn, Dutch oven, Low German Aven, West Frisian ûne, German Ofen, Gothic auhns), probably from a Proto-Indo-European *aukw- (“cooking pot”), *Hukʷ-, *ukwnos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔʋn/
• Rhymes: -ɔʋn

Noun

ovn m (definite singular ovnen, indefinite plural ovner, definite plural ovnene)

1. an oven
2. a stove including an oven

Synonyms

• komfyr (stove)

Derived terms

• masovn
• mikrobølgeovn
• smelteovn
• stekeovn, steikeovn
• vifteovn

 

See also

• omn (Nynorsk)

References

• “ovn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.