See ovan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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],
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],
[
"overhead",
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"tags": [
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]
}
],
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"ipa": "/²oːvan/"
}
],
"word": "ovan"
}
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"Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish",
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"2": "non",
"3": "ofan"
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"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*ubanē"
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},
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"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "oven"
},
"expansion": "Danish oven",
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},
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"1": "nl",
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},
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"etymology_text": "Inherited from Old Swedish ovan, from Old Norse ofan, from Proto-Germanic *ubanē. Cognate with Danish oven and German oben, as well as with the compound forms Dutch boven and English above.",
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"van"
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}
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"english": "Above the clouds, the sky is always blue.",
"text": "Ovan molnen är himlen alltid blå.",
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{
"ipa": "/²oːvan/"
}
],
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}
Download raw JSONL data for ovan meaning in Swedish (9.1kB)
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