English

Proper noun

Kven

1. A language spoken by a few thousand people in Northern Norway. It is a variant of Finnish with a structure and grammar similar to Finnish, but the vocabulary considerably influenced by Norwegian.

Noun

Kven ‎(plural Kvens)

1. A person of Finnish descent living in North Norway.

See also

• North Finnish

Translations

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronoun

kven

1. who

   Kven er du?

   Who are you?

Etymology 2

From Old Norse kvenir, kvænir pl.

Alternative forms

• kvæn

Noun

kven m ‎(definite singular kvenen, indefinite plural kvener or kvenar, definite plural kvenene or kvenane)

1. Kven (person)

References

• “kven” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.