See fastelavn on Wiktionary
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"ipa": "[fasd̥əˈlɑwˀn]"
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[
"vastlad",
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],
[
"vastālovā",
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]
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{
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{
"form": "fastelavnen",
"tags": [
"definite",
"singular"
]
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{
"form": "fastelavner",
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"indefinite",
"plural"
]
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"definite",
"plural"
]
}
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{
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"te",
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]
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"lang_code": "nb",
"pos": "noun",
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{
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{
"kind": "other",
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"english": "Shrovetide bun",
"translation": "Shrovetide bun",
"word": "fastelavnsbolle"
},
{
"english": "Shrovetide celebration",
"translation": "Shrovetide celebration",
"word": "fastelavnfeiring"
},
{
"english": "Shrove Monday",
"translation": "Shrove Monday",
"word": "fastelavnsmandag"
},
{
"english": "Shrovetide festivities",
"translation": "Shrovetide festivities",
"word": "fastelavnsmoro"
},
{
"english": "costumed participant in Shrovetide festivities",
"translation": "costumed participant in Shrovetide festivities",
"word": "fastelavnsnarr"
},
{
"english": "decorated Shrovetide branches",
"translation": "decorated Shrovetide branches",
"word": "fastelavnsris"
},
{
"english": "Shrovetide revelry",
"translation": "Shrovetide revelry",
"word": "fastelavnsløyer"
},
{
"english": "Shrovetide folk play",
"translation": "Shrovetide folk play",
"word": "fastelavnsspill"
},
{
"english": "Shrove Sunday",
"translation": "Shrove Sunday",
"word": "fastelavnssøndag"
}
],
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{
"english": "to take part in Shrovetide festivities",
"text": "(historical) løpe fastelavn",
"translation": "to take part in Shrovetide festivities"
},
{
"english": "he … wanted all of us to dress up as at Shrovetide",
"ref": "1901, John Paulsen, Enkens søn [The Widow's Son], page 159:",
"text": "han … vilde at vi allesammen skulde klæde os ud som i fastelavn",
"translation": "he … wanted all of us to dress up as at Shrovetide",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "for Shrovetide they planned to serve hot chocolate with Berliner doughnuts and Danish pastries in the shop",
"ref": "1949, Kirsten Bergh, Elisabeth Lorck, page 55:",
"text": "til fastelaven tenkte de å servere kokt sjokolade med berlinerboller og wienerbrød i butikken",
"translation": "for Shrovetide they planned to serve hot chocolate with Berliner doughnuts and Danish pastries in the shop",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "every Shrovetide he baked buns which Øyvind drove around and handed out to friends and acquaintances",
"ref": "1974, Øistein Parmann, Marcello Haugen, page illustration page:",
"text": "hver fastelavn bakte han boller som Øyvind bilte rundt og delte ut til venner og bekjente",
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"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "it was Shrovetide and the day before Leap Day",
"ref": "2000, Hilde Diesen, Hanna Winsnes, page 88:",
"text": "det var fastelavn og dagen før skuddår",
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"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "I should … have remembered that it is Shrovetide and … baked Shrovetide buns",
"ref": "2024, Line Baugstø, Evil grandma, page 14:",
"text": "jeg burde … husket at det er fastelavn og … bakt fastelavnsboller",
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"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "Shrovetide is an observance in February or March marking the beginning of the fasting season before Easter.",
"ref": "2025 February 28, Audun Dybdahl and Hallgeir Elstad, “fastelavn”, in Store norske leksikon:",
"text": "Fastelavn er en merkedag i februar–mars som markerer starten på fastetiden før påske.",
"translation": "Shrovetide is an observance in February or March marking the beginning of the fasting season before Easter.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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],
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"Shrovetide",
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[
"Lent",
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[
"Shrove Sunday",
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[
"Shrove Monday",
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[
"Shrove Tuesday",
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],
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"masculine"
],
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"no:Fastelavn"
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}
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"ipa": "/¹fas.təˈlɑː.ʋən/"
},
{
"ipa": "[fas.təˈlɑ̀ː.ʋn̩]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑːʋən"
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"form": "fastelavnen",
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"definite",
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"Danish terms derived from Middle Low German",
"Danish terms derived from Old Danish",
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"Danish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
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[
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[
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[
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{
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{
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{
"form": "fastelavnen",
"tags": [
"definite",
"singular"
]
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"table-tags"
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},
{
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"singular"
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},
{
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"genitive",
"indefinite",
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{
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"13": "",
"14": "{{{pl-indef-3}}}",
"15": "",
"16": "{{{com}}}",
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"3": "singular definite",
"4": "fastelavnen",
"5": "",
"6": "{{{sg-def-2}}}",
"7": "not used in plural form",
"8": "",
"9": "",
"checkredlinks": "1",
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"g2": "",
"head": ""
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"gen-sg-indef-3": "",
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"pl-indef-2": "",
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"sg-def": "fastelavnen",
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{
"categories": [
"da:Christianity"
],
"glosses": [
"Shrovetide (the time before Lent)"
],
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[
"Christianity",
"Christianity"
],
[
"Shrovetide",
"Shrovetide"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Christianity) Shrovetide (the time before Lent)"
],
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"common-gender",
"no-plural"
],
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"Christianity"
]
},
{
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"A carneval-like celebration in some Northern European countries during Shrovetide"
],
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[
"carneval",
"carneval"
]
],
"tags": [
"common-gender",
"no-plural"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "[fasd̥əˈlɑwˀn]"
}
],
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}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "Shrovetide bun",
"translation": "Shrovetide bun",
"word": "fastelavnsbolle"
},
{
"english": "Shrovetide celebration",
"translation": "Shrovetide celebration",
"word": "fastelavnfeiring"
},
{
"english": "Shrove Monday",
"translation": "Shrove Monday",
"word": "fastelavnsmandag"
},
{
"english": "Shrovetide festivities",
"translation": "Shrovetide festivities",
"word": "fastelavnsmoro"
},
{
"english": "costumed participant in Shrovetide festivities",
"translation": "costumed participant in Shrovetide festivities",
"word": "fastelavnsnarr"
},
{
"english": "decorated Shrovetide branches",
"translation": "decorated Shrovetide branches",
"word": "fastelavnsris"
},
{
"english": "Shrovetide revelry",
"translation": "Shrovetide revelry",
"word": "fastelavnsløyer"
},
{
"english": "Shrovetide folk play",
"translation": "Shrovetide folk play",
"word": "fastelavnsspill"
},
{
"english": "Shrove Sunday",
"translation": "Shrove Sunday",
"word": "fastelavnssøndag"
}
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"vastelāvent",
"vastelavent#Middle_Low_German"
],
[
"vasten",
"vasten#Middle_Low_German"
],
[
"āvent",
"avent#Middle_Low_German"
],
[
"*fastōn",
"Reconstruction:Old Saxon/faston"
],
[
"*fastēn",
"Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fastēn"
],
[
"fastelavn",
"fastelavn#Danish"
],
[
"fastelavn",
"fastelavn#Norwegian_Nynorsk"
],
[
"fastalávint",
"fastalávint#Faroese"
],
[
"føstulávint",
"føstulávint#Faroese"
],
[
"fastlag",
"fastlag#Swedish"
],
[
"vastlad",
"vastlad#Estonian"
],
[
"vastālovā",
"vastālovā#Livonian"
]
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "nb",
"2": "gml",
"3": "vastelāvent",
"t": "Shrovetide; evening before Lent"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from Middle Low German vastelāvent (“Shrovetide; evening before Lent”)",
"name": "bor+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nb",
"2": "osx",
"3": "*fastōn",
"t": "to fast"
},
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"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nb",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*fastēn",
"t": "to fast"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *fastēn (“to fast”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "fastelavn"
},
"expansion": "Danish fastelavn",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "fastelavn"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk fastelavn",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fo",
"2": "fastalávint"
},
"expansion": "Faroese fastalávint",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "fastlag"
},
"expansion": "Swedish fastlag",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "et",
"2": "vastlad"
},
"expansion": "Estonian vastlad",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "liv",
"2": "vastālovā",
"t": "Shrovetide"
},
"expansion": "Livonian vastālovā (“Shrovetide”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Middle Low German vastelāvent (“Shrovetide; evening before Lent”), a compound of vasten (“Lent, fasting”) and āvent (“evening”), literally “the evening before Lent”. The first element is from Old Saxon *fastōn (“to fast”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *fastēn (“to fast”).\nCompare Danish fastelavn, Norwegian Nynorsk fastelavn, Faroese fastalávint and føstulávint, Swedish fastlag, Estonian vastlad, and Livonian vastālovā (“Shrovetide”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "fastelavnen",
"tags": [
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "fastelavner",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "fastelavnene",
"tags": [
"definite",
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "fastelavn m (definite singular fastelavnen, indefinite plural fastelavner, definite plural fastelavnene)",
"name": "nb-noun-m1"
}
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"fas",
"te",
"lavn"
]
}
],
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header",
"Norwegian Bokmål lemmas",
"Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns",
"Norwegian Bokmål nouns",
"Norwegian Bokmål terms borrowed from Middle Low German",
"Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Middle Low German",
"Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Saxon",
"Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Norwegian Bokmål terms with historical senses",
"Norwegian Bokmål terms with quotations",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Norwegian Bokmål/ɑːʋən",
"Rhymes:Norwegian Bokmål/ɑːʋən/4 syllables",
"nb:Christianity"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "to take part in Shrovetide festivities",
"text": "(historical) løpe fastelavn",
"translation": "to take part in Shrovetide festivities"
},
{
"english": "he … wanted all of us to dress up as at Shrovetide",
"ref": "1901, John Paulsen, Enkens søn [The Widow's Son], page 159:",
"text": "han … vilde at vi allesammen skulde klæde os ud som i fastelavn",
"translation": "he … wanted all of us to dress up as at Shrovetide",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "for Shrovetide they planned to serve hot chocolate with Berliner doughnuts and Danish pastries in the shop",
"ref": "1949, Kirsten Bergh, Elisabeth Lorck, page 55:",
"text": "til fastelaven tenkte de å servere kokt sjokolade med berlinerboller og wienerbrød i butikken",
"translation": "for Shrovetide they planned to serve hot chocolate with Berliner doughnuts and Danish pastries in the shop",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "every Shrovetide he baked buns which Øyvind drove around and handed out to friends and acquaintances",
"ref": "1974, Øistein Parmann, Marcello Haugen, page illustration page:",
"text": "hver fastelavn bakte han boller som Øyvind bilte rundt og delte ut til venner og bekjente",
"translation": "every Shrovetide he baked buns which Øyvind drove around and handed out to friends and acquaintances",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "it was Shrovetide and the day before Leap Day",
"ref": "2000, Hilde Diesen, Hanna Winsnes, page 88:",
"text": "det var fastelavn og dagen før skuddår",
"translation": "it was Shrovetide and the day before Leap Day",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "I should … have remembered that it is Shrovetide and … baked Shrovetide buns",
"ref": "2024, Line Baugstø, Evil grandma, page 14:",
"text": "jeg burde … husket at det er fastelavn og … bakt fastelavnsboller",
"translation": "I should … have remembered that it is Shrovetide and … baked Shrovetide buns",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "Shrovetide is an observance in February or March marking the beginning of the fasting season before Easter.",
"ref": "2025 February 28, Audun Dybdahl and Hallgeir Elstad, “fastelavn”, in Store norske leksikon:",
"text": "Fastelavn er en merkedag i februar–mars som markerer starten på fastetiden før påske.",
"translation": "Shrovetide is an observance in February or March marking the beginning of the fasting season before Easter.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Shrovetide; the three days immediately preceding Lent—Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday, and Shrove Tuesday—now especially Shrove Sunday"
],
"links": [
[
"Christianity",
"Christianity"
],
[
"Shrovetide",
"Shrovetide"
],
[
"Lent",
"Lent"
],
[
"Shrove Sunday",
"Shrove Sunday"
],
[
"Shrove Monday",
"Shrove Monday"
],
[
"Shrove Tuesday",
"Shrove Tuesday"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Christianity) Shrovetide; the three days immediately preceding Lent—Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday, and Shrove Tuesday—now especially Shrove Sunday"
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"topics": [
"Christianity"
],
"wikipedia": [
"no:Fastelavn"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/¹fas.təˈlɑː.ʋən/"
},
{
"ipa": "[fas.təˈlɑ̀ː.ʋn̩]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑːʋən"
}
],
"word": "fastelavn"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
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[
"fastelavn",
"fastelavn#Danish"
]
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "da",
"3": "fastelavn"
},
"expansion": "Danish fastelavn",
"name": "bor"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Probably from Danish fastelavn.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "fastelavnen",
"tags": [
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "fastelavnar",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "fastelavnane",
"tags": [
"definite",
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "fastelavn m (definite singular fastelavnen, indefinite plural fastelavnar, definite plural fastelavnane)",
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],
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"lang_code": "nn",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"categories": [
"nn:Christianity"
],
"glosses": [
"Shrovetide"
],
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[
"Christianity",
"Christianity"
],
[
"Shrovetide",
"Shrovetide"
]
],
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"(Christianity) Shrovetide"
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"Christianity"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a carneval-like celebration in some Northern European countries during Shrovetide"
],
"links": [
[
"carneval",
"carneval"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
"word": "fastelavn"
}
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