søvn

From Old Norse svefn, from Proto-Germanic *swefnaz, cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk svevn, søvn, Swedish sömn, English sweven (archaic). The Germanic word goes back to Proto-Indo-European *swépnos (“sleep”), which is also the source of Latin somnus and Ancient Greek ὕπνος (húpnos). Related to the verb sove (“to sleep”).

• IPA^(key): /søvˀn/, [ˈsœwˀn]

søvn c (singular definite søvnen, not used in plural form)

1. sleep
2. gound (mucus that accumulates by the eyes during sleep)

• “søvn” in Den Danske Ordbog

søvn n pl

1. indefinite nominative/accusative plural of savn

From Old Norse svefn, from Proto-Germanic *swefnaz.

• IPA^(key): /søvn/, [sœʋn]

søvn m (definite singular søvnen, dative form søvne) (uncountable)

1. sleep (state of reduced consciousness)

• søvnløs
• søvnmangel
• søvnproblem

• sove

• “søvn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “søvn” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

• svevn

From Old Norse svefn, from Proto-Germanic *swefnaz.

• IPA^(key): /søvn/, [sœʋn]

søvn m (definite singular søvnen, dative form søvne) (uncountable)

1. sleep

• søvnmangel
• søvnproblem

• sove, sova

• “søvn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.