See vän in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "From Old Norse vinr, from Proto-Germanic *winiz, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to seek, desire, love, win”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "väninna",
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sv-infl-noun-c-r",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "vän",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "vännen",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "vänner",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "vännerna",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "väns",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "vännens",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "vänners",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "vännernas",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "nouns",
"3": "",
"g": "c",
"g2": "",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "vän c",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "c"
},
"expansion": "vän c",
"name": "sv-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "vän",
"2": "vänne"
},
"name": "sv-infl-noun-c-r"
}
],
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Swedish terms with quotations",
"Swedish terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "They were best friends throughout their school years",
"text": "De var bästa vänner under hela sin skoltid",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "We’re just friends [i.e., not a couple]",
"text": "Vi är bara vänner",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "And just, just be friends and talk about anything [everything]. I guess we can talk about anything, but we will [shall] just, just be friends and talk about anything. I guess we can talk about anything with each other.",
"ref": "1989, Jakob Hellman (lyrics and music), “Vara vänner [Be friends]”, in ...och stora havet [...and the great sea]:",
"text": "Och bara, bara vara vänner och tala om allt. Vi kan väl tala om allt men vi ska bara, bara vara vänner och tala om allt. Vi kan väl tala om allt med varann.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"english": "Eloise, are we more than just friends? So show what you feel, and then we let the feelings decide [and then the feelings get to decide]. Eloise, the tide [winds] can also turn [in addition to him turning back, perhaps]. For me you are the only one. Our love [it] is worth a higher price, Eloise.",
"ref": "1993, “Eloise”, Gert Lengstrand (lyrics), Lasse Holm (music)performed by Arvingarna:",
"text": "Eloise, är vi mer än bara vänner? Så visa vad du känner, och sen får känslorna bestämma. Eloise, även vindarna kan vända. För mig är du den enda. Vår kärlek den är värd ett högre pris, Eloise.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a friend"
],
"links": [
[
"friend",
"friend"
]
],
"tags": [
"common-gender"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Swedish terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "someone who is fond of and/or supports Norway, a friend of Norway",
"text": "Norgevän",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a supporter, a friend"
],
"links": [
[
"supporter",
"supporter"
],
[
"friend",
"friend"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(often as a suffix) a supporter, a friend"
],
"raw_tags": [
"as a suffix"
],
"tags": [
"common-gender",
"often"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "Sv-vän.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/98/Sv-v%C3%A4n.ogg/Sv-v%C3%A4n.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Sv-v%C3%A4n.ogg"
},
{
"ipa": "/vɛnː/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"topics": [
"typography",
"publishing",
"media"
],
"word": "vaͤn"
}
],
"word": "vän"
}
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