svan

See also: Svan, Śvan, and Śvàṅ

Icelandic

Noun

svan

1. indefinite accusative singular of svanur

Old Norse

Noun

svan

1. accusative singular of svanr

Swedish

en svan (knölsvan)

Etymology

From Old Norse svanr, from Proto-Germanic *swanaz (“swan”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- (“to sound, resound”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /svɑːn/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːn

Noun

svan c

1. (male or female) swan

Declension

Declension of svan

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	svan	svans
	definite	svanen	svanens
plural	indefinite	svanar	svanars
	definite	svanarna	svanarnas

Hypernyms

• andfågel
• egentlig andfågel
• fågel
• fågelfamilj
• svanfågel

Hyponyms

• (male): hansvan
• (female): honsvan
• (Cygnus olor): knölsvan
• (male or female offspring): svanunge
• (Cygnus cygnus): sångsvan

Derived terms

• svanesång

References

• svan in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• svan in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• svan in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from English swan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /svan/

Noun

svan (nominative plural svans)

1. swan

Declension

declension of svan

	singular	plural
nominative	svan	svans
genitive	svana	svanas
dative	svane	svanes
accusative	svani	svanis
vocative 1	o svan!	o svans!
predicative 2	svanu	svanus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Hyponyms

• hisvan (“male swan”)
• hisvanül (“male cygnet, swanling”)
• jisvan (“female swan”)
• jisvanül (“female cygnet, swanling”)
• svanil (“small swan”)
• svanül (“cygnet, swanling”)

See also

• böd (“bird”)
• dök (“duck”)
• gan (“goose”)
• nim (“animal”)
• pijun (“dove or pigeon”)