kvinna

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse kvenna, from genitive plural of kona (“wife, woman”), from Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.

Pronunciation

Noun

kvinna f (genitive singular kvinnu, plural kvinnur)

  1. woman

Declension

f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kvinna kvinnan kvinnur kvinnurnar
accusative kvinnu kvinnuna kvinnur kvinnurnar
dative kvinnu kvinnuni kvinnum kvinnunum
genitive kvinnu kvinnunnar kvinna kvinnanna

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

Árnason, Kristján (2011) The Phonology of Icelandic and Faroese (The Phonology of the World's Languages), Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 87

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

kvinna f

  1. definite feminine singular of kvinne

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

kvinna f

  1. definite feminine singular of kvinne

Old Norse

Etymology

Back-formed from kvenna, kvinna, the genitive plural of kona. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (“woman”).

Noun

kvinna f (genitive kvinnu)

  1. alternative form of kona

Declension

Declension of kvinna (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kvinna kvinnan kvinnur kvinnurnar
accusative kvinnu kvinnuna kvinnur kvinnurnar
dative kvinnu kvinnunni kvinnum kvinnunum
genitive kvinnu kvinnunnar kvinna kvinnanna

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “kvinna”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Old Swedish

Ōlikar kvinnur.

Etymology

From Old Norse kvenna, from genitive plural of kona (“wife, woman”), from Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.

Noun

kvinna f

  1. a woman

Declension

Declension of kvinna (on-stem)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kvinna kvinnan kvinnu(r), -o(r) kvinnuna(r), -ona(r)
accusative kvinnu, -o kvinnuna, -ona kvinnu(r), -o(r) kvinnuna(r), -ona(r)
dative kvinnu, -o kvinnunni, -onne kvinnum, -om kvinnumin, -omen
genitive kvinnu, -o kvinnunna(r), -onna(r) kvinna kvinnanna

Descendants

  • Swedish: kvinna

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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en kvinna

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Swedish kvinna, from Runic Swedish kuino, from Old Norse kvæna, from kván (“wife”), from Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn. Cognate with English queen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²kvɪnːˌa/
  • Audio (Gotland); “en kvinna”:(file)
  • Rhymes: -²ɪna

Noun

kvinna c

  1. a woman
    män och kvinnor
    men and women

Declension

Declension of kvinna
nominative genitive
singular indefinite kvinna kvinnas
definite kvinnan kvinnans
plural indefinite kvinnor kvinnors
definite kvinnorna kvinnornas

Antonyms

  • man (with respect to gender)

Derived terms

References

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