zwaan

See also: Zwaan

Dutch

Zwemmende zwanen. — Swimming swans.

Etymology

From Middle Dutch swane, from Old Dutch *swano, from Proto-Germanic *swanô. Existed next to Middle Dutch swan, from Old Dutch *swan, from Proto-Germanic *swanaz.

Cognate with Low German Swaan, West Frisian swan, German Schwan, English swan, Swedish svan.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /zʋaːn/
• Hyphenation: zwaan
• Rhymes: -aːn

Noun

zwaan m (plural zwanen, diminutive zwaantje n)

1. A swan, a large waterbird of the genera Cygnus and Coscoroba.

Derived terms

• fluitzwaan
• kleine zwaan
• knobbelzwaan
• trompetzwaan
• wilde zwaan
• zwaantje
• zwanenei
• zwanenhals
• zwanenzang
• zwarte zwaan

Descendants

• Afrikaans: swaan
• → Indonesian: soang