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van-

van-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "van"

Danish

Prefix

van-

  1. giving the sense of wrong, bad; mis-, dys-, mal-

Derived terms

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse van-, from Proto-Germanic *wanaz ‎(“lacking, deficient”). Confer Old Norse vanr ‎(“lacking, wanting”).

Prefix

van-

  1. too little, short of, lacking in

Derived terms

See also

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse van-, from Proto-Germanic *wanaz ‎(“lacking, deficient”). It is related to German ohne, Icelandic án and Swedish utan (=ut + an) and not to Swedish vana.

Prefix

van-

  1. mis-, un-, de-, without

Derived terms

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