"sven" meaning in Swedish

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Noun

IPA: /svɛn/
Rhymes: -ɛn Etymology: From Old Swedish sven, svæn, from Old Norse svæinn (Old West Norse sveinn), from Proto-Germanic *swaina-, *swainaz (“relative, young man, servant”). Cognate with Danish svend (“young man; apprentice”), Faroese sveinur (“boy; virgin; bachelor; apprentice”), Icelandic sveinn (“boy”), Norwegian svein (“boy; servant”), poetic English swain (“rural male lover”). Etymology templates: {{der|sv|gmq-osw|sven}} Old Swedish sven, {{der|sv|non|svæinn}} Old Norse svæinn, {{der|sv|gem-pro|*swaina-}} Proto-Germanic *swaina-, {{cog|da|svend||young man; apprentice}} Danish svend (“young man; apprentice”), {{cog|fo|sveinur||boy; virgin; bachelor; apprentice}} Faroese sveinur (“boy; virgin; bachelor; apprentice”), {{cog|is|sveinn||boy}} Icelandic sveinn (“boy”), {{cog|no|svein||boy; servant}} Norwegian svein (“boy; servant”), {{cog|en|swain||rural male lover}} English swain (“rural male lover”) Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||g=c|g2=|head=|sort=}} sven c, {{sv-noun|c}} sven c Inflection templates: {{sv-infl-noun-c-er|sven|svenn}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], sven [indefinite, nominative, singular], svennen [definite, nominative, singular], svenner [indefinite, nominative, plural], svennerna [definite, nominative, plural], svens [genitive, indefinite, singular], svennens [definite, genitive, singular], svenners [genitive, indefinite, plural], svennernas [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. (archaic) a young man, especially if still a virgin or unmarried; a boy Tags: archaic, common-gender
    Sense id: en-sven-sv-noun-ANQKpoyL Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 42 27 31
  2. (historical) a male servant, a squire Tags: common-gender, historical
    Sense id: en-sven-sv-noun-kI13JQfa
  3. (historical) an apprentice; a journeyman Tags: common-gender, historical
    Sense id: en-sven-sv-noun-2lS5gbk5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Sven, svendom, svensexa

Inflected forms

Download JSONL data for sven meaning in Swedish (3.9kB)

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      "args": {
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