svan
Icelandic
Noun
Swedish
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Schwan1_db.jpg/300px-Schwan1_db.jpg)
Etymology
From Old Norse svanr, from Proto-Germanic *swanaz (“swan”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *swen- (“to sound, resound”).
Pronunciation
audio: (file)
Noun
svan c
- (male or female) swan
Declension
Declension of svan | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | svan | svanen | svanar | svanarna |
Genitive | svans | svanens | svanars | svanarnas |
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- (male): hansvan
- (female): honsvan
- (Cygnus olor): knölsvan
- (male or female offspring): svanunge
- (Cygnus cygnus): sångsvan
Derived terms
Volapük
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
svan (nominative plural svans)
Declension
declension of svan
Hyponyms
- hisvan (“male swan”)
- hisvanül (“male cygnet, swanling”)
- jisvan (“female swan”)
- jisvanül (“female cygnet, swanling”)
- svanil (“small swan”)
- svanül (“cygnet, swanling”)
See also
Categories:
- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Swedish terms with audio links
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- sv:Birds
- Volapük terms borrowed from English
- Volapük terms derived from English
- Volapük terms with IPA pronunciation
- Volapük lemmas
- Volapük nouns
- vo:Animals
- vo:Birds