"Sven" meaning in Swedish

See Sven in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /svɛn/ Audio: LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Sven.wav Forms: Svens [genitive]
Rhymes: -ɛn Etymology: From Old Norse Sveinn; borne by three medieval kings of Denmark. Cognate with Norwegian Svein and Danish Svend. Doublet of Soini. Etymology templates: {{der|sv|non|Sveinn}} Old Norse Sveinn, {{cog|no|Svein}} Norwegian Svein, {{cog|da|Svend}} Danish Svend, {{doublet|sv|Soini}} Doublet of Soini Head templates: {{head|sv|proper noun|genitive|Svens|g=c|head=}} Sven c (genitive Svens), {{sv-proper noun|c}} Sven c (genitive Svens)
  1. a male given name Wikipedia link: sv:Sven Tags: common-gender Categories (topical): Swedish given names, Swedish male given names Derived forms: Svensson [surname], Svensdotter [surname]

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for Sven meaning in Swedish (2.4kB)

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      },
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Swedish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-06-04 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (e9e0a99 and db5a844). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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