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svane

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Danish

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Etymology

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Probably from Middle Low German swane, from Old Saxon swan, from Proto-West Germanic *swan, from Proto-Germanic *swanaz (swan), probably from Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- (to sound, resound). Alternatively from Old Norse svanr, from the same Germanic source.

Noun

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svane c (singular definite svanen, plural indefinite svaner)

  1. (male or female) swan

Inflection

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Hyponyms

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse svanr.

Noun

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

  1. a swan (large waterbird)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse svanr. Akin to English swan.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

  1. a swan, a bird of the genus Cygnus

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Serbo-Croatian

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Verb

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svane

  1. third-person singular present of svanuti