rån

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ran", and raan

Swedish

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rån (sense 1)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /roːn/
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  • Rhymes: -oːn

Etymology 1

From Old Norse rán.

Noun

rån n

  1. a robbery (act or practice of robbing)
    Upp med händerna, det här är ett rån
    Hands up, this is a robbery
Declension
Declension of rån
nominative genitive
singular indefinite rån råns
definite rånet rånets
plural indefinite rån råns
definite rånen rånens
See also

Etymology 2

Clipping of gorå, from god råd. Cognate of Danish goderåd, Norwegian Bokmål goro.

Noun

rån n

  2. a wafer (type of biscuit)
Declension
Declension of rån
nominative genitive
singular indefinite rån råns
definite rånet rånets
plural indefinite rån råns
definite rånen rånens
See also
  • kex (“cracker, (UK) biscuit”)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

rån

  1. inflection of rå:
    1. definite singular
    2. indefinite plural

Further reading

  • rån in Svensk ordbok.
  • rån in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)
  • rån in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
  • gorå in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

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