ovan

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See also: ovän

Esperanto

Adjective

ovan

  1. accusative singular of ova

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse ofan, from Proto-Germanic *ubanē. Cognate with Faroese oman, Icelandic ofan, Swedish ovan, and Danish oven.

Pronunciation

Adverb

ovan

  1. from above, downwards

Preposition

ovan

  1. above

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ovьnъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *awinas.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ǒːʋan/
  • Hyphenation: o‧van

Noun

óvan m (Cyrillic spelling о́ван)

  1. ram: a male sheep

Declension

Declension of ovan
singular plural
nominative óvan óvnovi
genitive óvna ovnova
dative ovnu ovnovima
accusative ovna ovnove
vocative ovne ovnovi
locative ovnu ovnovima
instrumental ovnom ovnovima

Further reading

  • “ovan”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Spanish

Verb

ovan

  1. third-person plural present indicative of ovar

Swedish

Etymology 1

o- +‎ van

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)
  • IPA(key): /uː.vɑːn/

Adjective

ovan

  1. unaccustomed (to); not used to, inexperienced, lacking practice
Declension
Inflection of ovan
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular ovan ovanare ovanast
Neuter singular ovant ovanare ovanast
Plural ovana ovanare ovanast
Masculine plural3 ovane ovanare ovanast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 ovane ovanare ovanaste
All ovana ovanare ovanaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic
Antonyms

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish ovan, from Old Norse ofan. Cognate with Danish oven and German oben, as well as with the compound forms Dutch boven and English above.

Pronunciation

Adverb

ovan (not comparable)

  1. above, overhead
    se bilden ovan
    see the above image

Preposition

ovan

  1. above, at some unspecified point of higher altitude
    Högt ovan molnen
    High above the clouds

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