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Definition 2024
Kven
Kven
English
Proper noun
Kven
- 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)
- A person of Finnish descent living in North Norway.
See also
Translations
language
kven
kven
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronoun
kven
- who
- Kven er du?
- Who are you?
- Kven er du?
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)
- Kven (person)
References
- “kven” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.