þann

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *þanǭ, masculine accusative singular of *sa (that). Cognate with Old English þone, Old Saxon thana, Old High German den, Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌰 (þana).

Pronoun

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þann

  1. masculine accusative singular of

Declension

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Descendants

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In the continental Scandinavian languages, along with Faroese, this form replaced as the nominative.

  • Icelandic: þann
  • Faroese: tann
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dan, den
  • Old Swedish: þæn, ᚦᛅᚿ
  • Danish: den, æ
    • Norwegian Bokmål: den