svane

Danish

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svane

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Etymology

A mix of the inherited Old Danish swan, from Old Norse svanr, from Proto-Germanic *swanaz (“swan”), from Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- (“to sound, resound”); and the borrowed Middle Low German swane, from Old Saxon swan, from Proto-West Germanic *swan. Cognates include German Schwan, Dutch zwaan and West Frisian swan.

Noun

svane c (singular definite svanen, plural indefinite svaner)

1. (male or female) swan

Inflection

Declension of svane

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	svane	svanen	svaner	svanerne
genitive	svanes	svanens	svaners	svanernes

Hyponyms

• (male): hansvane
• (female): hunsvane

Norwegian Bokmål

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svaner

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Etymology

From Old Norse svanr.

Noun

svane f or m (definite singular svana or svanen, indefinite plural svaner, definite plural svanene)

1. a swan (large waterbird)

Derived terms

• svaneunge

References

• “svane” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

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svane

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Etymology

From Old Norse svanr. Akin to English swan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²sʋɑːnə/

Noun

svane f (definite singular svana, indefinite plural svaner, definite plural svanene)

1. a swan, a bird of the genus Cygnus

Derived terms

• svaneunge

References

• “svane” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

svane (Cyrillic spelling сване)

1. third-person singular present of svanuti