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svane

svane

Danish

Noun

svane c (singular definite svanen, plural indefinite svaner)

  1. (male or female) swan

Inflection

Hyponyms

  • (male): hansvane
  • (female): hunsvane

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse svanr

Noun

svane m, f ‎(definite singular svana or svanen, indefinite plural svaner, definite plural svanene)

  1. a swan (large waterbird)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse svanr

Noun

svane f ‎(definite singular svana, indefinite plural svaner, definite plural svanene)

  1. a swan (as above)

Etymology

Probably from Middle Low German swane, from Old Saxon swan, from Proto-Germanic *swanaz ‎(“swan”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *swen- ‎(“to sound, resound”). Alternatively from Old Norse svanr, from the same Germanic source.

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