"ovan" meaning in Swedish

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Adjective

IPA: /uː.vɑːn/ Audio: Sv-ovan.ogg
Etymology: o- + van Etymology templates: {{prefix|sv|o|van}} o- + van Head templates: {{head|sv|adjective}} ovan Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], ovan [common-gender, indefinite, positive, singular], ovanare [common-gender, comparative, indefinite, singular], ovanast [common-gender, indefinite, singular, superlative], ovant [indefinite, neuter, positive, singular], ovanare [comparative, indefinite, neuter, singular], ovanast [indefinite, neuter, singular, superlative], ovana [indefinite, plural, positive], ovanare [comparative, indefinite, plural], ovanast [indefinite, plural, superlative], ovane [indefinite, masculine, plural, positive], ovanare [comparative, indefinite, masculine, plural], ovanast [indefinite, masculine, plural, superlative], ovane [definite, masculine, positive, singular], ovanare [comparative, definite, masculine, singular], ovanaste [definite, masculine, singular, superlative], ovana [definite, positive], ovanare [comparative, definite], ovanaste [definite, superlative]
  1. unaccustomed (to); not used to, inexperienced, lacking practice
    Sense id: en-ovan-sv-adj-RRtBAfFA Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header, Swedish prepositions, Swedish terms prefixed with o- Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 37 28 34 Disambiguation of Swedish prepositions: 30 33 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adverb

IPA: /ˈoːˌvan/
Etymology: From Old Swedish ovan, from Old Norse ofan. Cognate with Danish oven and German oben, as well as with the compound forms Dutch boven and English above. Etymology templates: {{der|sv|gmq-osw|ovan}} Old Swedish ovan, {{der|sv|non|ofan}} Old Norse ofan, {{cog|da|oven}} Danish oven, {{cog|de|oben}} German oben, {{m|nl|boven}} boven, {{m|en|above}} above Head templates: {{head|sv|adverb|head=|sort=}} ovan, {{sv-adv|-}} ovan (not comparable)
  1. above, overhead Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-ovan-sv-adv-19Yo6-QQ Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header, Swedish prepositions Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 37 28 34 Disambiguation of Swedish prepositions: 30 33 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Preposition

IPA: /ˈoːˌvan/
Etymology: From Old Swedish ovan, from Old Norse ofan. Cognate with Danish oven and German oben, as well as with the compound forms Dutch boven and English above. Etymology templates: {{der|sv|gmq-osw|ovan}} Old Swedish ovan, {{der|sv|non|ofan}} Old Norse ofan, {{cog|da|oven}} Danish oven, {{cog|de|oben}} German oben, {{m|nl|boven}} boven, {{m|en|above}} above Head templates: {{head|sv|preposition}} ovan
  1. above, at some unspecified point of higher altitude
    Sense id: en-ovan-sv-prep-6yBvIVIb Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header, Swedish prepositions Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 37 28 34 Disambiguation of Swedish prepositions: 30 33 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "boven"
      },
      "expansion": "boven",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "above"
      },
      "expansion": "above",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Swedish ovan, from Old Norse ofan.\nCognate with Danish oven and German oben, as well as with the compound forms Dutch boven and English above.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "preposition"
      },
      "expansion": "ovan",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "prep",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "High above the clouds",
          "text": "Högt ovan molnen",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "above, at some unspecified point of higher altitude"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "above",
          "above"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈoːˌvan/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ovan"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Swedish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). 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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