än

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "an", and Appendix:Variations of "aen"

Finnish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin en. See äs for further details on the vowel.

Pronunciation

Noun

än

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter N/n.

Declension

Inflection of än (irregular)
singular plural
nominative än ännät
genitive ännän ännien
partitive ännää änniä
accusative än
ännän 		ännät
inessive ännässä ännissä
elative ännästä ännistä
illative ännään änniin
adessive ännällä ännillä
ablative ännältä änniltä
allative ännälle ännille
essive ännänä änninä
translative ännäksi änniksi
abessive ännättä ännittä
instructive – ännin
comitative – ännineen

Anagrams

Jumjum

Noun

än (plural äärgä)

  1. house, hut, home

References

  • Fadul Yousif Aljuzuli Terafi Mohadin Chol, Muusa Nuer Teebu, Bal Douwash Yousif, Abrahama Kidir Blang, Abdalmajid Juma Anur, Tim Stirtz, David Graves. 2020. "Jumjum - English Dictionary." Webonary.org. SIL International. from https://www.webonary.org/jumjum

North Frisian

Conjunction

än

  1. (Mooring) and

Swedish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse enn, from Proto-Germanic *andi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂entí.

Adverb

än (not comparable)

  1. still, yet (of time)
    Synonyms: ännu, fortfarande
    Är du kvar än?
    Are you still here?
    Det är inte midnatt än
    It is not midnight yet
    Än så är det vinter
    It is still winter
    (literally, “Yet it is winter ”)
    • 1869, “Sov du lilla vide ung (Videvisan)”, Zachris Topelius (lyrics), Alice Tegnér (music)‎:
      Sov, du lilla vide ung. Än så är det vinter. Än så sova [old present tense plural form, now "sover" – the present tense plural used to be identical to the infinitive for all verbs except vara] björk och ljung, ros och hyacinter. Än så är det långt till vår, innan rönn i blomma står. Sov, du lilla vide. Än så är det vinter. Solskensöga ser på dig. Solskensfamn dig vaggar. Snart blir grönt på skogens stig, och var blomma flaggar. Än [(sense 2)] en liten solskensbön: Vide liten blir så grön. Solskensöga ser dig. Solskensfamn dig vaggar.
      Sleep, little willow young . It is still winter . Yet sleep birch and heather, rose and hyacinths. Spring is still a long way off , before rowan is in bloom . Sleep, little willow. It is still winter. Sunshine's eye watches you . Sunshine's arms rock you . Soon the forest path will be green , and all the flowers fly their flags . Yet one little sunshine prayer : Willow little turns so green. Sunshine's eye sees you. Sunshine's arms rock you.
  3. yet (additionally)
    Synonym: ännu
    Jag vill än en gång tacka mina kollegor
    I would like to thank my colleagues once again
    (literally, “I want to yet one time thank my colleagues ”)
  4. no matter
    Hur jag än försökte kunde jag inte öppna ögonen
    No matter how I tried, I could not open my eyes

Etymology 2

From Old Norse an, from earlier *þan, from Proto-Germanic *þan. Cognate with English than.

Conjunction

än

  1. than (in comparisons)
    Han är större än du tror
    He is bigger than you think

Etymology 3

Noun

än

  1. indefinite plural of ä

References

Anagrams

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