"Jann" meaning in All languages combined

See Jann on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

IPA: /jæn/, /jɑn/, /d͡ʒæn/, /d͡ʒɑn/ Forms: Janns [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from German Jann. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Jann}} German Jann Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Jann (plural Janns)
  1. A surname from German.

Proper name [Faroese]

Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], Jann [indefinite, nominative], Jann [accusative, indefinite], Janni [dative, indefinite], Jans [genitive, indefinite]
Head templates: {{head|fo|proper noun|g=m}} Jann m Inflection templates: {{fo-decl-proper-noun-s-indef|Jann|Jann|Janni|Jans}}, {{fo-decl-proper-noun|Jann|Jann|Janni|Jans|def_indef=indefinite|number=singular}}
  1. a male given name Tags: masculine

Proper name [Norwegian Bokmål]

IPA: /janː/ Forms: Jan [alternative], Jahn [alternative]
Rhymes: -anː Head templates: {{head|nb|proper noun}} Jann
  1. a male given name from Dutch [in turn from Latin, in turn from Koine Greek, in turn from Biblical Hebrew] or from West Frisian [in turn from Latin, in turn from Koine Greek, in turn from Biblical Hebrew], variant of Jan, equivalent to English John Derived forms: Jannsdatter (english: historical patronymic,; daughter of Jann””), Jannsen [patronymic, surname], Jannssen [patronymic, surname]

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "Jann",
      "Jann#German"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "de",
        "3": "Jann"
      },
      "expansion": "German Jann",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from German Jann.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Janns",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s"
      },
      "expansion": "Jann (plural Janns)",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English surnames",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A surname from German."
      ],
      "id": "en-Jann-en-name-gISmo46Y",
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/jæn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʒæn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʒɑn/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Yan"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Jan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Jann"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fo-decl-proper-noun-s-indef",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Jann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Jann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Janni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Jans",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "Jann m",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Jann",
        "2": "Jann",
        "3": "Janni",
        "4": "Jans"
      },
      "name": "fo-decl-proper-noun-s-indef"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Jann",
        "2": "Jann",
        "3": "Janni",
        "4": "Jans",
        "def_indef": "indefinite",
        "number": "singular"
      },
      "name": "fo-decl-proper-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Faroese",
  "lang_code": "fo",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Faroese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Faroese given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Faroese male given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a male given name"
      ],
      "id": "en-Jann-fo-name-h8YdwBAs",
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Jann"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Jan",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Jahn",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "proper noun"
      },
      "expansion": "Jann",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "Jann"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
  "lang_code": "nb",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Norwegian Bokmål given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Norwegian Bokmål male given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "historical patronymic,; daughter of Jann””",
          "translation": "historical patronymic,; daughter of Jann””",
          "word": "Jannsdatter"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "patronymic",
            "surname"
          ],
          "word": "Jannsen"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "patronymic",
            "surname"
          ],
          "word": "Jannssen"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a male given name from Dutch [in turn from Latin, in turn from Koine Greek, in turn from Biblical Hebrew] or from West Frisian [in turn from Latin, in turn from Koine Greek, in turn from Biblical Hebrew], variant of Jan, equivalent to English John"
      ],
      "id": "en-Jann-nb-name-sQvkhQxc",
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ],
        [
          "Jan",
          "Jan#Norwegian_Bokmål"
        ],
        [
          "John",
          "John#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/janː/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-anː"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Jann"
}
{
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "Jann",
      "Jann#German"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "de",
        "3": "Jann"
      },
      "expansion": "German Jann",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from German Jann.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Janns",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s"
      },
      "expansion": "Jann (plural Janns)",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English links with manual fragments",
        "English proper nouns",
        "English surnames",
        "English surnames from German",
        "English terms borrowed from German",
        "English terms derived from German",
        "English terms with homophones",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A surname from German."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/jæn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʒæn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʒɑn/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Yan"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Jan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Jann"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fo-decl-proper-noun-s-indef",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Jann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Jann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Janni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Jans",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "Jann m",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Jann",
        "2": "Jann",
        "3": "Janni",
        "4": "Jans"
      },
      "name": "fo-decl-proper-noun-s-indef"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Jann",
        "2": "Jann",
        "3": "Janni",
        "4": "Jans",
        "def_indef": "indefinite",
        "number": "singular"
      },
      "name": "fo-decl-proper-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Faroese",
  "lang_code": "fo",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Faroese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Faroese given names",
        "Faroese lemmas",
        "Faroese male given names",
        "Faroese masculine nouns",
        "Faroese proper nouns",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a male given name"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Jann"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "historical patronymic,; daughter of Jann””",
      "translation": "historical patronymic,; daughter of Jann””",
      "word": "Jannsdatter"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "patronymic",
        "surname"
      ],
      "word": "Jannsen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "patronymic",
        "surname"
      ],
      "word": "Jannssen"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Jan",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Jahn",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "proper noun"
      },
      "expansion": "Jann",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "Jann"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
  "lang_code": "nb",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header",
        "Norwegian Bokmål given names",
        "Norwegian Bokmål lemmas",
        "Norwegian Bokmål male given names",
        "Norwegian Bokmål male given names from Biblical Hebrew",
        "Norwegian Bokmål male given names from Dutch",
        "Norwegian Bokmål male given names from Koine Greek",
        "Norwegian Bokmål male given names from Latin",
        "Norwegian Bokmål male given names from West Frisian",
        "Norwegian Bokmål proper nouns",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:Norwegian Bokmål/anː",
        "Rhymes:Norwegian Bokmål/anː/1 syllable"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a male given name from Dutch [in turn from Latin, in turn from Koine Greek, in turn from Biblical Hebrew] or from West Frisian [in turn from Latin, in turn from Koine Greek, in turn from Biblical Hebrew], variant of Jan, equivalent to English John"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ],
        [
          "Jan",
          "Jan#Norwegian_Bokmål"
        ],
        [
          "John",
          "John#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/janː/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-anː"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Jann"
}

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