klovn

Danish

Etymology

From English clown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klɔvn/, [kʰlɒwˀn]
• Rhymes: -ɒwn

Noun

klovn c (singular definite klovnen, plural indefinite klovne or klovner)

1. clown

Inflection

Declension of klovn

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	klovn	klovnen	klovne klovner	klovnene klovnerne
genitive	klovns	klovnens	klovnes klovners	klovnenes klovnernes

Derived terms

• klovneri
• klovneagtig

Further reading

• klovn on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• Klovn (artist) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Verb

klovn

1. imperative of klovne

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

klovn

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology

From English clown.

Noun

klovn m (definite singular klovnen, indefinite plural klovner, definite plural klovnene)

1. a clown (performance artist working in a circus)
2. a clown (person who acts in a silly fashion)

References

• “klovn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English clown.

Noun

klovn m (definite singular klovnen, indefinite plural klovnar, definite plural klovnane)

1. a clown (performance artist working in a circus)
2. a clown (person who acts in a silly fashion)

References

• “klovn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• klȁun (Croatia)
• klovan

Etymology

Borrowed from English clown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klôʋn̩/
• IPA^(key): /klǒːʋn̩/

Noun

klovn m anim (Cyrillic spelling кловн)

1. clown (performance artist working e.g. in a circus)
2. a silly, irresponsible person

Declension

Declension of klovn

	singular	plural
nominative	klovn	klovnovi
genitive	klovna	klovnōvā
dative	klovnu	klovnovima
accusative	klovna	klovnove
vocative	klovne	klovnovi
locative	klovnu	klovnovima
instrumental	klovnom	klovnovima

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klɔ̀ːʋn/

Noun

klóvn m anim

1. clown (performance artist working in a circus)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	klôvn
gen. sing.	klôvna
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	klôvn	klôvna	klôvni
genitive (rodȋlnik)	klôvna	klôvnov	klôvnov
dative (dajȃlnik)	klôvnu	klôvnoma	klôvnom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	klôvna	klôvna	klôvne
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	klôvnu	klôvnih	klôvnih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	klôvnom	klôvnoma	klôvni