Danish

Noun

ovn c (singular definite ovnen, plural indefinite ovne)

1. oven

Inflection

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse ofn, from Proto-Germanic *uhnaz, *uhwnaz (compare Danish ovn, Swedish ugn, Icelandic ofn, Dutch oven, Low German Aven, West Frisian ûne, German Ofen, Gothic auhns), probably from a Proto-Indo-European *aukw- ‎(“cooking pot”), *Hukʷ-, *ukwnos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔʋn/
• Rhymes: -ɔʋn

Noun

ovn m ‎(definite singular ovnen, indefinite plural ovner, definite plural ovnene)

1. an oven
2. a stove including an oven

Synonyms

• komfyr (stove)

Derived terms

• mikrobølgeovn
• vifteovn

See also

• omn (Nynorsk)

References

• “ovn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.