væn

See also: vaen, väen, and vän

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish wæn. From Old Norse vænn. From Proto-Germanic *wēniz, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁-, the same root as vinr. Related to Icelandic vænn, Faroese vænur, Norwegian Nynorsk ven, Swedish vän.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɛˀn/

Adjective

væn (neuter vænt, plural and definite singular attributive væne)

  1. (archaic or euphemistic) fair, beautiful, attractive
    Synonyms: fager, vakker, smuk

Inflection

Inflection of væn
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular væn vænere vænest2
indefinite neuter singular vænt vænere vænest2
plural væne vænere vænest2
definite attributive1 væne vænere væneste

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

References

Jutish

Etymology

From Low German wenn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɛn]

Conjunction

væn

  1. (Fjolde) if

References

  • “væn” in Anders Bjerrum and Marie Bjerrum (1974), Ordbog over Fjoldemålet, Copenhagen: Akademisk Forlag.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

væn (neuter vænt, definite singular and plural væne, comparative vænare, indefinite superlative vænast, definite superlative vænaste)

  1. (pre-1917) alternative form of ven

Old Norse

Adjective

væn

  1. inflection of vænn:
    1. positive degree strong feminine nominative singular
    2. positive degree strong neuter nominative/accusative plural

Verb

væn

  1. second-person singular imperative active of væna
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