sann

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See also: sånn and Sänn

German

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -an

Verb

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sann

  1. first/third-person singular preterite of sinnen

Haitian Creole

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Etymology

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From French cendre.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sann

  1. ash, cinder

Kavalan

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Noun

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sann

  1. oyster

Maltese

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Root
s-n-n
4 terms

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Arabic سَنَّ (sanna).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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sann (imperfect jsonn, past participle misnun, verbal noun sann or senn)

  1. to sharpen (a knife etc.)

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of sann
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m sannejt sannejt sann sannejna sannejtu sannew
f sannet
imperfect m nsonn ssonn jsonn nsonnu ssonnu jsonnu
f ssonn
imperative sonn sonnu

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse sannr.

Adjective

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sann (neuter singular sant, definite singular and plural sanne, comparative sannere, indefinite superlative sannest, definite superlative sanneste)

  1. true, real, genuine

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse sannr, saðr, from Proto-Germanic *sanþaz.

Adjective

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sann (neuter singular sant, definite singular and plural sanne, comparative sannare, indefinite superlative sannast, definite superlative sannaste)

  1. true, real, genuine
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Etymology 2

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Contraction of sa han (said he).

Contraction

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sann

  1. Only used in pytt sann

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Old English

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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sann

  1. first/third-person singular preterite indicative of sinnan

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish sander, from Old Norse sannr, from Proto-Germanic *sanþaz. Cognate of English sooth.

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Adjective

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sann (comparative sannare, superlative sannast)

  1. true; according to the truth
  2. true; a value in Boolean logic denoting an affirmative or positive result
  3. (archaic) genuine, undiluted
    Det är mig ett sant nöje att hälsa er välkomna
    It is an absolute pleasure to welcome you
  4. (archaic) true; faithful

Declension

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Inflection of sann
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular sann sannare sannast
Neuter singular sant sannare sannast
Plural sanna sannare sannast
Masculine plural3 sanne sannare sannast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 sanne sannare sannaste
All sanna sannare sannaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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Noun

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sann c

  1. honor, probity, honesty
    Synonyms: heder, ära, redlighet, ärlighet

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Further reading

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Anagrams

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Võro

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *sakna.

Noun

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sann (genitive sanna, partitive sanna)

  1. sauna

Inflection

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This noun needs an inflection-table template.