"sjov" meaning in Danish

See sjov in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /sjɔv/, [ɕɒwˀ]
Etymology: From Dutch sjouw (part-time work), possibly from West Frisian seeuw (“lake”), in the meaning 'to drag goods ashore through the lake'. The meaning 'amusement' developed via 'coincidence, random event', cf. compound words such as drengesjov. Etymology templates: {{der|da|nl|sjouw}} Dutch sjouw, {{der|da|fy|seeuw||lake}} West Frisian seeuw (“lake”) Head templates: {{head|da|adjective||{{{1}}}||||{{{2}}}||||{{{3}}}||{{{comp2}}}||{{{4}}}||{{{sup2}}}||{{{5}}}|||f1accel-form=n|s|f3accel-form=e-form|f5accel-form=comd|f7accel-form=pred|supd|f9accel-form=attr|supd|head=|head2=|sort=}} sjov, {{da-adj}} sjov Inflection templates: {{da-infl-adj||est}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], sjov [error-unrecognized-form, positive], sjovere [comparative, error-unrecognized-form], sjovest [error-unrecognized-form, superlative], sjovt [error-unrecognized-form, positive], sjove [plural, positive], sjovere [comparative, plural], sjovest [plural, superlative], sjove [error-unrecognized-form, positive], sjoveste [error-unrecognized-form, superlative]
  1. funny
    Sense id: en-sjov-da-adj-si0dj-V1 Categories (other): Danish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Danish entries with incorrect language header: 38 31 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 40 30 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 61 19 19
  2. fun
    Sense id: en-sjov-da-adj-AMQoUnT8 Categories (other): Danish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Danish entries with incorrect language header: 38 31 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: morsom, skæg

Noun

IPA: /sjɔv/, [ɕɒwˀ] Forms: sjovet [definite, singular], sjoven [definite, singular]
Etymology: From Dutch sjouw (part-time work), possibly from West Frisian seeuw (“lake”), in the meaning 'to drag goods ashore through the lake'. The meaning 'amusement' developed via 'coincidence, random event', cf. compound words such as drengesjov. Etymology templates: {{der|da|nl|sjouw}} Dutch sjouw, {{der|da|fy|seeuw||lake}} West Frisian seeuw (“lake”) Head templates: {{head|da|noun|singular definite|sjovet|or|sjoven|g=n|g2=c}} sjov n or c (singular definite sjovet or sjoven)
  1. fun Tags: common-gender, neuter Synonyms: løjer, morskab
    Sense id: en-sjov-da-noun-AMQoUnT8 Categories (other): Danish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Danish entries with incorrect language header: 38 31 31

Inflected forms

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      "ipa": "/sjɔv/"
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      "ipa": "[ɕɒwˀ]"
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      "ipa": "[ɕɒwˀ]"
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      "word": "skæg"
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    {
      "word": "morsom"
    },
    {
      "word": "skæg"
    }
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}

Download raw JSONL data for sjov meaning in Danish (4.1kB)

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  "section": "Danish",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "sjov",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'indefinite neuter singular'",
  "path": [
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  ],
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  "subsection": "adjective",
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