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

svan

Etymology

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. (male or female) swan

Declension

Declension of svan
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	svan	svanen	svanar	svanarna
Genitive	svans	svanens	svanars	svanarnas

Hypernyms

• andfågel
• egentlig andfågel
• fågel
• fågelfamilj
• svanfågel

Hyponyms

• (male): hansvan
• (female): honsvan
• (Cygnus olor): knölsvan
• (male or female offspring): svanunge
• (Cygnus cygnus): sångsvan

Derived terms

• svanesång

Further reading

• svan in Svensk ordbok.

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from English swan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /svan/

Noun

svan (nominative plural svans)

1. swan

Declension

declension of svan

	singular	plural
nominative	svan	svans
genitive	svana	svanas
dative	svane	svanes
accusative	svani	svanis
vocative 1	o svan!	o svans!
predicative 2	svanu	svanus

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

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 or pigeon”)