svin

See also: svín

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse svín, from Proto-Germanic *swīną, from an adjectival form of Proto-Indo-European *sū-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sviːn/, [sʋiːˀn̩]
• Rhymes: -in

Noun

svin n (singular definite svinet, plural indefinite svin)

1. (member of family Suidae) hog, pig, swine
2. (derogatory, person) swine

Inflection

Declension of svin

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	svin	svinet	svin	svinene
genitive	svins	svinets	svins	svinenes

Synonyms

• gris

Derived terms

• svineri

Further reading

• svin on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse svín, from Proto-Germanic *swīną, from an adjectival form of Proto-Indo-European *sū-.

Noun

svin n (definite singular svinet, indefinite plural svin, definite plural svina or svinene)

1. hog, pig, swine
2. beast (figurative)

Synonyms

• gris

Hyponyms

• hanngris
• hunngris
• hannsvin
• hunnsvin

Derived terms

• svinekjøtt
• svinelær
• villsvin

References

• “svin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse svín

Noun

svin n (definite singular svinet, indefinite plural svin, definite plural svina)

1. pig, hog, swine (member of family Suidae)

Synonyms

• gris

Derived terms

• svinekjøt, svinekjøtt
• villsvin

References

• “svin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse svín, from Proto-Germanic *swīną, from an adjectival form of Proto-Indo-European *sū-.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -iːn

Noun

svin n

1. (member of family Suidae) hog, pig, swine
2. (derogatory, person) swine

Declension

Declension of svin
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	svin	svinet	svin	svinen
Genitive	svins	svinets	svins	svinens

Synonyms

• gris

Derived terms

• svineri

Anagrams

• vins

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Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [svin]

Noun

svin (nominative plural svins)

1. (male or female) hog, pig, swine

Declension

declension of svin

	singular	plural
nominative	svin	svins
genitive	svina	svinas
dative	svine	svines
accusative	svini	svinis
vocative 1	o svin!	o svins!
predicative 2	svinu	svinus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Hypernyms

• nim
• sügaf
• süganim

Hyponyms

• domasvin
• hisvin
• hosvin
• jisvin
• josvin
• svinül

Derived terms

• svinamit
• svinül

See also

• böd
• bödav
• bödavan
• grunön (grunzen, oink)
• lif
• lifav
• lifavan
• nimav