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kvinna

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Faroese

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Etymology

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FromOld Norsekvenna,from genitive plural ofkona(wife, woman),fromProto-Germanic*kwenǭ,fromProto-Indo-European*gʷḗn.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kvinnaf(genitive singularkvinnu,pluralkvinnur)

  1. woman

Declension

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f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kvinna kvinnan kvinnur kvinnurnar
accusative kvinnu kvinnuna kvinnur kvinnurnar
dative kvinnu kvinnuni kvinnum kvinnunum
genitive kvinnu kvinnunnar kvinna kvinnanna

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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References

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Árnason, Kristján (2011)The Phonology of Icelandic and Faroese(The Phonology of the World's Languages), Oxford: Oxford University Press, page87

Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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kvinnaf

  1. definitefemininesingularofkvinne

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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kvinnaf

  1. definitefemininesingularofkvinne

Old Norse

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Etymology

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Back-formed fromkvenna,kvinna,the genitive plural ofkona.Ultimately fromProto-Germanic*kwenǭ,fromProto-Indo-European*gʷḗn(woman).

Noun

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kvinnaf(genitivekvinnu)

  1. Alternative form ofkona

Declension

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References

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  • kvinna”,inGeir T. Zoëga (1910)A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic,Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Swedish

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Ōlikarkvinnur.

Etymology

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FromOld Norsekvenna,from genitive plural ofkona(wife, woman),fromProto-Germanic*kwenǭ,fromProto-Indo-European*gʷḗn.

Noun

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kvinnaf

  1. awoman

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Swedish:kvinna

Swedish

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SwedishWikipediahas an article on:
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en kvinna

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromOld Swedishkvinna, fromRunic Swedishkuino,fromOld Norsekvæna,fromkván(wife),fromProto-Germanic*kwenǭ,fromProto-Indo-European*gʷḗn.Cognate withEnglishqueen.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key):/²kvɪnːˌa/
  • Audio(Gotland);en kvinna:(file)
  • Rhymes:-²ɪna

Noun

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kvinnac

  1. awoman
    mänochkvinnor
    men andwomen

Declension

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Antonyms

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  • man(with respect to gender)

Derived terms

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References

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