oliven

See also: Oliven

Cornish

Noun

oliven f

1. singulative of oliv (“olives”)

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish oliuæ, borrowed via Middle Low German olīve and Old French olive from Latin olīva (“olive”). Cf. also Swedish oliv, German Olive, Dutch olijf, English olive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈliːˀvən/, [oˈliˀʋn̩], [oˈliwˀn̩]

Noun

oliven c (singular definite olivenen, plural indefinite oliven)

1. olive (the fruit)
2. olive (the tree)

Inflection

Declension of oliven

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	oliven	olivenen	oliven	olivenene olivenerne
genitive	olivens	olivenens	olivens	olivenenes olivenernes

Derived terms

• olivengren
• olivenolie
• oliventræ

References

• “oliven” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐλαία (elaía), via Latin oliva and German Oliven (plural of Olive).

Adjective

oliven (indeclinable)

1. olive (colour)

Synonyms

• olivengrønn

Noun

oliven m (definite singular olivenen, indefinite plural olivener, definite plural olivenene)

1. an olive (fruit of the olive tree)
2. an olive (the tree itself)

Synonyms

• oliventre (the tree)

Derived terms

• olivengren
• olivenlund
• olivenolje

References

• “oliven” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐλαία (elaía), via Latin oliva and German Oliven (plural of Olive).

Adjective

oliven (indeclinable)

1. olive (colour)

Synonyms

• olivengrøn

Noun

oliven m (definite singular olivenen, indefinite plural olivenar, definite plural olivenane)

1. an olive (fruit of the olive tree)
2. an olive (the tree itself)

Synonyms

• oliventre (the tree)

Derived terms

• olivenlund
• olivenolje

References

• “oliven” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Noun

oliven

1. definite singular of oliv

West Frisian

Noun

oliven

1. plural of oliif