trana

See also: tråna, träna, Trana, and Træna

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse trana.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aːna

Noun

trana f (genitive singular trönu, nominative plural trönur)

  1. crane (bird)

Declension

Declension of trana (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative trana tranan trönur trönurnar
accusative trönu trönuna trönur trönurnar
dative trönu trönunni trönum trönunum
genitive trönu trönunnar trana trananna

Latin

Verb

trānā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of trānō

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

trana c

  1. feminine definite singular of trane

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtrɑː.nɑ/

Noun

trana f

  1. definite singular of tran

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²trɑ(ː).nɑ/

Noun

trana f

  1. definite singular of trane
  2. (pre-2012) alternative form of trane

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Noun

trana f (genitive trǫnu)

  1. a crane (bird)

Declension

Declension of trana (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative trana tranan trǫnur trǫnurnar
accusative trǫnu trǫnuna trǫnur trǫnurnar
dative trǫnu trǫnunni trǫnum trǫnunum
genitive trǫnu trǫnunnar tranna trannanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: trana
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: trana, trane, (dialectal) trunu
  • Swedish: trana
  • Danish: trane

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “trana”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse trana.

Noun

trana c

  1. common crane, Grus grus
  2. any bird of the crane (Gruidae) family

Declension

Declension of trana
nominative genitive
singular indefinite trana tranas
definite tranan tranans
plural indefinite tranor tranors
definite tranorna tranornas

Hyponyms

  • brolgatrana (brolga crane)
  • glasögontrana (white-naped crane)
  • grå krontrana (grey crowned crane)
  • japansk trana (red-crowned crane)
  • jungfrutrana (demoiselle crane)
  • krontrana (crowned crane)
  • munktrana (hooded crane)
  • paradistrana (blue crane)
  • prärietrana (sandhill crane)
  • sarustrana (sarus crane)
  • snötrana (Siberian crane)
  • svart krontrana (black crowned crane)
  • svarthalsad trana (black-necked crane)
  • trumpetartrana (whooping crane)
  • vårtrana (wattled crane)

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