svane

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Etymology

Probably from Middle Low German swane, from Old Saxon swan, from Proto-West Germanic *swan, from Proto-Germanic *swanaz (“swan”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- (“to sound, resound”). Alternatively from Old Norse svanr, from the same Germanic source.

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

Norwegian Bokmål

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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

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

From Old Norse svanr. Akin to English swan.

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. a swan, a bird of the genus Cygnus

Derived terms

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Serbo-Croatian

Verb

svane

  1. third-person singular present of svanuti
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