"van-" meaning in Danish

See van- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

Etymology: From Old Norse van-, from Proto-Germanic *wanaz (“lacking, deficient”). Compare Old Norse vanr (“lacking, wanting”). Etymology templates: {{inh|da|non|van-}} Old Norse van-, {{der|da|gem-pro|*wanaz||lacking, deficient}} Proto-Germanic *wanaz (“lacking, deficient”) Head templates: {{head|da|prefix|head=}} van-, {{da-prefix}} van-
  1. giving the sense of wrong, bad; mis-, dys-, mal- Tags: morpheme Derived forms: vanartet, vanheld, vanrøgt, vanskabt, vantrive, vantro, vanvid, vanvittig, vanære
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        "1": "da",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*wanaz",
        "4": "",
        "5": "lacking, deficient"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse van-, from Proto-Germanic *wanaz (“lacking, deficient”). Compare Old Norse vanr (“lacking, wanting”).",
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    {
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    }
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  "lang_code": "da",
  "pos": "prefix",
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      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Danish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 6 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "word": "vanartet"
        },
        {
          "word": "vanheld"
        },
        {
          "word": "vanrøgt"
        },
        {
          "word": "vanskabt"
        },
        {
          "word": "vantrive"
        },
        {
          "word": "vantro"
        },
        {
          "word": "vanvid"
        },
        {
          "word": "vanvittig"
        },
        {
          "word": "vanære"
        }
      ],
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        "giving the sense of wrong, bad; mis-, dys-, mal-"
      ],
      "id": "en-van--da-prefix-PKOcyd5O",
      "links": [
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          "mis-"
        ],
        [
          "dys-",
          "dys-"
        ],
        [
          "mal-",
          "mal-"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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}
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    },
    {
      "word": "vanheld"
    },
    {
      "word": "vanrøgt"
    },
    {
      "word": "vanskabt"
    },
    {
      "word": "vantrive"
    },
    {
      "word": "vantro"
    },
    {
      "word": "vanvid"
    },
    {
      "word": "vanvittig"
    },
    {
      "word": "vanære"
    }
  ],
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        "3": "van-"
      },
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    },
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        "1": "da",
        "2": "gem-pro",
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        "4": "",
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
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        "head": ""
      },
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    },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "da",
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        "Danish lemmas",
        "Danish prefixes",
        "Danish terms derived from Old Norse",
        "Danish terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Danish terms inherited from Old Norse",
        "Pages using catfix",
        "Pages with 6 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "giving the sense of wrong, bad; mis-, dys-, mal-"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mis-",
          "mis-"
        ],
        [
          "dys-",
          "dys-"
        ],
        [
          "mal-",
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        ]
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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