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Kven

Kven

See also: kven and kven-

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

Translations

kven

kven

See also: Kven and kven-

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.