svin
See also: sviň, svín, and svíň
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse svín, from Proto-Germanic *swīną, from an adjectival form of Proto-Indo-European *sū-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sviːˀn/, [ˈsʋiˀn]
- Rhymes: -in
Noun
svin n (singular definite svinet, plural indefinite svin)
- (member of family Suidae)hog, pig, swine
- (derogatory, person) swine
Inflection
Declension of svin
neuter gender | Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | svin | svinet | svin | svinene |
genitive | svins | svinets | svins | svinenes |
Synonyms
- gris
Derived terms
- svineri
Further reading
svin on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse svín, from Proto-Germanic *swīną, from an adjectival form of Proto-Indo-European *sū-.
Noun
svin n (definite singular svinet, indefinite plural svin, definite plural svina or svinene)
- hog, pig, swine
- beast (figurative)
Synonyms
- gris
Hyponyms
- hanngris
- hunngris
- hannsvin
- hunnsvin
Derived terms
- svinekjøtt
- svinelær
- villsvin
References
- “svin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse svín, from Proto-Germanic *swīną, from an adjectival form of Proto-Indo-European *suH-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sʋiːn/
Noun
svin n (definite singular svinet, indefinite plural svin, definite plural svina)
- pig, hog, swine (member of family Suidae)
- (uncountable) pork (pig meat)
- (derogatory, vulgar) a despicable person, often in reference to their litteral or figurative uncleanliness
Synonyms
- gris
Derived terms
- svina (verb)
- alssvin
- flodsvin
- kaste perler for svin
- marsvin
- natursvin
- piggsvin
- svineal
- svineblom
- svinehald
- svinekam
- svinekjøt
- svinelêr
- svinesteik
- svinesti
- svinsk
- tamsvin
- villsvin
- vortesvin
Related terms
- sugge f
- svintoks m
References
- “svin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
- visn
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse svín, from Proto-Germanic *swīną, from an adjectival form of Proto-Indo-European *sū-.
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -iːn
Noun
svin n
- hog, pig, swine (member of the family Suidae)
- (derogatory) swine (person)
Declension
Declension of svin | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | svin | svinet | svin | svinen |
Genitive | svins | svinets | svins | svinens |
Synonyms
- gris
Derived terms
- svina
- svineri
Further reading
- svin in Svensk ordbok.
Anagrams
- vins
Volapük
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [svin]
Noun
svin (nominative plural svins)
- (male or female) hog, pig, swine
Declension
declension of svin
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | svin | svins |
genitive | svina | svinas |
dative | svine | svines |
accusative | svini | svinis |
vocative 1 | o svin! | o svins! |
predicative 2 | svinu | svinus |
- 1 status as a case is disputed
- 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
Hypernyms
- nim
- sügaf
- süganim
Hyponyms
- domasvin
- hisvin
- hosvin
- jisvin
- josvin
- svinül
Derived terms
- svinamit
- svinül
See also
- böd
- bödav
- bödavan
- grunön (grunzen, oink)
- lif
- lifav
- lifavan
- nimav