havn

See also: Havn

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse hǫfn (“haven”), from Proto-Germanic *habnō, from Proto-Indo-European *kopno-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /havn/, [hɑʊ̯ˀn]

Noun

havn c

1. harbour, haven

Declension

Declension of havn

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	havn	havnen	havne	havnene
genitive	havns	havnens	havnes	havnenes

Derived terms

• anløbshavn
• havneanløb
• havneby
• lufthavn

References

• “havn” in Den Danske Ordbog

Faroese

Alternative forms

• høvn (rare)

Etymology

From Old Norse hǫfn (“haven”), from Proto-Germanic *habnō, from Proto-Indo-European *kopno-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /havn/
• Homophone: Havn

Noun

havn f (genitive singular havnar, plural havnir)

1. harbour, haven

Declension

f2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	havn	havnin	havnir	havnirnar
accusative	havn	havnina	havnir	havnirnar
dative	havn	havnini	havnum	havnunum
genitive	havnar	havnarinnar	havna	havnanna

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hɑvn], [haʉn]

Etymology 1

From Danish havn, from Old Norse hǫfn (“port, harbor, haven”), from Proto-Germanic *habanō, *habnō (“harbour, haven”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂póneh₂ or *kh₂pnéh₂, from the root *keh₂p- (“to take, seize, grasp”).

Noun

havn f or m (definite singular havna or havnen, indefinite plural havner, definite plural havnene)

1. a harbour, haven, port

Derived terms

• anløpshavn
• båthavn
• containerhavn
• fiskerihavn
• frihavn
• havneanløp
• havneby
• hjemmehavn
• lufthavn

 

See also

• hamn (Nynorsk)

Etymology 2

Verb

havn

1. imperative of havne

References

• “havn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “havn” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).