vän
See also: vaen and Appendix:Variations of "van"
Swedish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse vænn (“which gives hope about”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
vän (comparative vänare, superlative vänast)
Declension
Inflection of vän | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | vän | vänare | vänast |
Neuter singular | vänt | vänare | vänast |
Plural | väna | vänare | vänast |
Masculine plural3 | väne | vänare | vänast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | väne | vänare | vänaste |
All | väna | vänare | vänaste |
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 |
Related terms
Etymology 2
From Old Norse vinr, from Proto-Germanic *winiz, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to seek, desire, love, win”).
Pronunciation
Noun
vän c (feminine: väninna, only among women)
- a friend
- De var bästa vänner under alla år i skolan.
- They were best friends through all years in school.
- Vi är bara vänner.
- We’re just friends (i.e. not a couple)
Declension
Declension of vän | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | vän | vännen | vänner | vännerna |
Genitive | väns | vännens | vänners | vännernas |
Derived terms
References
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- Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse
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- Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish adjectives
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- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
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- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
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