skans
Latvian
[edit]Noun
[edit]skans m (1st declension)
Declension
[edit]| singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | skans | skani |
| genitive | skana | skanu |
| dative | skanam | skaniem |
| accusative | skanu | skanus |
| instrumental | skanu | skaniem |
| locative | skanā | skanos |
| vocative | skan | skani |
Swedish
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Swedish skanz. Borrowed from Middle Low German schanse, schanze. First attested in 1506.[1]
Cognate with Danish skanse, Norwegian skanse, and English sconce.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]skans c
- A sconce; a type of small fort or other fortification.
- (nautical) the crew's quarters on an (older) ship, a forecastle
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | skans | skans |
| definite | skansen | skansens | |
| plural | indefinite | skansar | skansars |
| definite | skansarna | skansarnas |
Descendants
[edit]- Polish: skansen
References
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- Latvian lemmas
- Latvian nouns
- Latvian masculine nouns
- Latvian dialectal terms
- Latvian first declension nouns
- Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish
- Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish
- Swedish terms borrowed from Middle Low German
- Swedish terms derived from Middle Low German
- Swedish terms with audio pronunciation
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- sv:Nautical