svan

See also: Svan, Śvan, and Śvàṅ

Icelandic

Noun

svan

1. indefinite accusative singular of svanur

Old Norse

Noun

svan

1. accusative singular of svanr

Swedish

en svan (knölsvan)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse svanr, from Proto-Germanic *swanaz (“swan”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- (“to sound, resound”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /svɑːn/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːn

Noun

svan c

1. swan (sex unspecified)

Declension

Declension of svan

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	svan	svans
	definite	svanen	svanens
plural	indefinite	svanar	svanars
	definite	svanarna	svanarnas

Hypernyms

• andfågel
• egentlig andfågel
• fågel
• fågelfamilj
• svanfågel

Hyponyms

• hansvan (“male swan”)
• honsvan (“female swan”)
• knölsvan (“mute swan, Cygnus olor”)
• svanunge (“cygnet, swanling”)
• sångsvan (“whooper swan, Cygnus cygnus”)

Derived terms

• svanesång
• svanmärkt

References

• “svan”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “svan”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “svan”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from English swan (swan → svan); and also probably from Danish svan, Norwegian svan, Swedish svan, Faroese svanur, Icelandic svanur, Low German Svaan, Svan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [svan]

Noun

svan (genitive svana, plural svans)

1. swan (sex unspecified)

Declension

Declension of svan

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	svan	svans
Genitive	svana	svanas
Dative	svane	svanes
Accusative	svani	svanis
Predicative1	svanu	svanus
Vocative	o svan	o svans

1. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.

Hyponyms

• hisvan (“male swan”)
• hisvanül (“male cygnet, swanling”)
• jisvan (“female swan”)
• jisvanül (“female cygnet, swanling”)
• svanil (“small swan”)
• svanül (“cygnet, swanling”)

See also

• böd (“bird”)
• dök (“duck”)
• gan (“goose”)
• nim (“animal”)
• pijun (“dove, pigeon”)

Further reading

• “svan”, in Vödabuk (in English, Esperanto, and Volapük)