von
Cimbrian edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle High German von, from Old High German fon (“from”), from Proto-Germanic *afanē, *fanē, *funē. Cognate with German von.
Preposition edit
von
- (Sette Comuni, + dative) from, of
- Von bannont khèmmatar? ― Where do you come from?
- Von béeme piisto? ― Whose are you? (literally, “Of whom are you?”)
- 'S gaplèttarakh von dennàndarn tüut nia bóol.
- Other people's stuff is never good.
- (literally, “The stuff of others never does well.”)
Alternative forms edit
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Contraction edit
von
- von + in, from the, of the
References edit
- “bon” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
Friulian edit
Etymology edit
Probably ultimately from a derivative of Latin avus, or a related term, possibly a diminutive. Compare Italian avo, avolo. Cf. also archaic Romanian bun (“grandfather”) (modern bunic), Calabrian Sicilian and Piedmontese bona (“grandmother”).
Noun edit
von m (plural vons)
- grandfather
- Synonym: nono
Related terms edit
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German von (“from”), from Old High German fon, fona (“from”), from Proto-Germanic *afanē, *fanē, *funē (“from”), compound of *afa (from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“from, off”)) + *ana (from Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- (“on”)). Cognate with Old Saxon fana, fan (“from”), Dutch van (“from; of”), Old Frisian fon (“from”).
Pronunciation edit
Preposition edit
von (+ dative)
- from
- Ich fahre von Köln nach Hamburg.
- I'm travelling from Cologne to Hamburg.
- Ich hab’s von meiner Schwester gehört.
- I heard it from my sister.
- of, belonging to (often replacing genitive; see usage note below)
- das Auto meines Vaters = das Auto von meinem Vater ― my father’s car / the car of my father
- by (with passive voice)
- Synonym: durch
- Das Hotel wird von der Firma bezahlt.
- The hotel is paid for by the company.
- about, of (a topic)
- Er hat von seiner Jugend erzählt.
- He told about his youth.
- 1796, Abraham Sahlstedt, Schwedische Grammatik nach dem Sprachgebrauch unserer Zeiten, Lübeck & Leipzig, page 259:
- Von dem Nomine Substantivo, oder dem Hauptworte.
- About the substantive noun, or the [alternative term]. (headline)
- on, with (a resource)
- Von welchem Geld soll ich als Arbeitsloser in Urlaub fahren?
- Being unemployed, on what money should I go on holidays?
- Man kann nicht nur von Luft und Liebe leben.
- You can’t live on air and love alone. (proverb)
Usage notes edit
- (from): English “from” is generally expressed by means of von, but aus is often used with words for settlements and territories (like Land, Stadt, Dorf, as well as geographical names). One uses von when both the places “from which” and “to which” are given: Dieser Zug fährt von Köln nach Hamburg. – “This train goes from Cologne to Hamburg.” If the further direction is not given, aus is the normal choice: Dieser Zug kommt aus Köln. – “This train is coming from Cologne.” The phrase: Dieser Zug kommt von Köln is not wrong but has a colloquial ring to it.
- (of): The preposition von is used to replace possessive and partitive genitives, sometimes also prepositions that govern the genitive. Such replacement can be obligatory, optional, or restricted to the colloquial register:
- It is obligatory if the genitive cannot be expressed grammatically, which is the case with common nouns not preceded by any declinable articles, determiners, or adjectives: die Rechte von Kindern (“children’s rights”); der Geschmack von Käse (“the taste of cheese”). This is also true of most singular, demonstrative pronouns and often true of all personal pronouns: der Geschmack von diesem (“the taste of this”); ein Freund von mir (“a friend of mine”); *ein Freund meiner is archaic in modern German.
- The replacement is optional in cases such as the following:
- 1.) with those pronouns that do have an applicable genitive form, chiefly plurals: die Arbeit vieler = die Arbeit von vielen (“the work of many”);
- 2.) with fixed genitive pronoun expressions such as unser aller or ihrer beider, for example: für unser aller Zukunft = für die Zukunft von uns allen (“for the future of us all”), or when selbst follows the personal pronoun in the sense of oneself: ein Teil meiner selbst = ein Teil von mir (selbst) (“a part of myself”);
- 3.) with the numeral genitives zweier and dreier (see the Declension sections of zwei and drei);
- 4.) with proper nouns, particularly geographical names: die Kirchen Roms = die Kirchen von Rom (“the churches of Rome”);
- 5.) with common nouns preceded only by an adjective: die Rechte kleiner Kinder = die Rechte von kleinen Kindern (“small children’s rights”).
- The replacement is colloquial in most other cases. Any possessive or partitive genitive can, per se, be replaced with a von-phrase, which is normal in speech, and virtually obligatory in colloquial speech. In formal writing, however, it is generally considered incorrect and unusual. This is one of the gravest grammatical differences between colloquial and literary German.
- In older usage, Latin nouns often occurred in the ablative case after von. This is now obsolete, Latin case inflections never being used in contemporary German (except the genitives of a few personal names).
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “von” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “von”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Hungarian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Of unknown origin.[1]
Verb edit
von
- (transitive) to pull, draw, attract
- Synonym: húz
- Félrevonta a barátját. ― He/she drew/pulled his/her friend aside.
- Magához vonta a lányt. ― He drew/pulled her closer to himself.
- Magára vonta a tanára figyelmét. ― He drew/attracted his teacher’s attention.
- (transitive) to cover, envelop, enclose, encircle, surround
- Synonyms: fed, befed, beborít
- Csokoládéval vonta be a felszínét. ― She covered its surface with chocolate.
- Élőláncot vontak az épület köré. ― They formed a human chain around the building. (literally, “they enclosed the building with…”)
- A varázsló pajzsot vont maga köré. ― The wizard surrounded himself with a shield.
Usage notes edit
Many terms formed with von are rendered in English with -tract, e.g. elvon (“to abstract”), összevon (“to contract”), levon (“to detract”), elvon (“to distract”), kivon (“to extract, subtract”), and visszavon (“to retract”).
Conjugation edit
Click for archaic forms | 1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal |
3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal |
1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal |
3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal | |||
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Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | vonok | vonsz | von | vonunk | vontok | vonnak | |
Def. | vonom | vonod | vonja | vonjuk | vonjátok | vonják | |||
2nd-p. o. | vonlak | ― | |||||||
Past | Indef. | vontam | vontál | vont | vontunk | vontatok | vontak | ||
Def. | vontam | vontad | vonta | vontuk | vontátok | vonták | |||
2nd-p. o. | vontalak | ― | |||||||
Future | Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. vonni fog. | ||||||||
Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | vonék | vonál | vona | vonánk | vonátok | vonának | ||
Def. | vonám | vonád | voná | vonánk | vonátok | vonák | |||
2nd-p. o. | vonálak | ― | |||||||
Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. von vala, vont vala/volt. | ||||||||
Archaic Future |
Indef. | vonandok | vonandasz | vonand | vonandunk | vonandotok | vonandanak | ||
Def. | vonandom | vonandod | vonandja | vonandjuk | vonandjátok | vonandják | |||
2nd-p. o. | vonandalak | ― | |||||||
Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | vonnék | vonnál | vonna | vonnánk | vonnátok | vonnának | |
Def. | vonnám | vonnád | vonná | vonnánk (or vonnók) |
vonnátok | vonnák | |||
2nd-p. o. | vonnálak | ― | |||||||
Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. vont volna | ||||||||
Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | vonjak | vonj or vonjál |
vonjon | vonjunk | vonjatok | vonjanak | |
Def. | vonjam | vond or vonjad |
vonja | vonjuk | vonjátok | vonják | |||
2nd-p. o. | vonjalak | ― | |||||||
(Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. vont légyen | ||||||||
Infinitive | vonni | vonnom | vonnod | vonnia | vonnunk | vonnotok | vonniuk | ||
Other forms |
Verbal noun | Present part. | Past part. | Future part. | Adverbial participle | Causative | |||
vonás | vonó | vont | vonandó | vonva (vonván) | vonat (or vontat) | ||||
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular (and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs). | |||||||||
Click for archaic forms | 1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal |
3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal |
1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal |
3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal | |||
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Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | vonhatok | vonhatsz | vonhat | vonhatunk | vonhattok | vonhatnak | |
Def. | vonhatom | vonhatod | vonhatja | vonhatjuk | vonhatjátok | vonhatják | |||
2nd-p. o. | vonhatlak | ― | |||||||
Past | Indef. | vonhattam | vonhattál | vonhatott | vonhattunk | vonhattatok | vonhattak | ||
Def. | vonhattam | vonhattad | vonhatta | vonhattuk | vonhattátok | vonhatták | |||
2nd-p. o. | vonhattalak | ― | |||||||
Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | vonhaték | vonhatál | vonhata | vonhatánk | vonhatátok | vonhatának | ||
Def. | vonhatám | vonhatád | vonhatá | vonhatánk | vonhatátok | vonhaták | |||
2nd-p. o. | vonhatálak | ― | |||||||
Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. vonhat vala, vonhatott vala/volt. | ||||||||
Archaic Future |
Indef. | vonhatandok or vonandhatok |
vonhatandasz or vonandhatsz |
vonhatand or vonandhat |
vonhatandunk or vonandhatunk |
vonhatandotok or vonandhattok |
vonhatandanak or vonandhatnak | ||
Def. | vonhatandom or vonandhatom |
vonhatandod or vonandhatod |
vonhatandja or vonandhatja |
vonhatandjuk or vonandhatjuk |
vonhatandjátok or vonandhatjátok |
vonhatandják or vonandhatják | |||
2nd-p. o. | vonhatandalak or vonandhatlak |
― | |||||||
Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | vonhatnék | vonhatnál | vonhatna | vonhatnánk | vonhatnátok | vonhatnának | |
Def. | vonhatnám | vonhatnád | vonhatná | vonhatnánk (or vonhatnók) |
vonhatnátok | vonhatnák | |||
2nd-p. o. | vonhatnálak | ― | |||||||
Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. vonhatott volna | ||||||||
Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | vonhassak | vonhass or vonhassál |
vonhasson | vonhassunk | vonhassatok | vonhassanak | |
Def. | vonhassam | vonhasd or vonhassad |
vonhassa | vonhassuk | vonhassátok | vonhassák | |||
2nd-p. o. | vonhassalak | ― | |||||||
(Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. vonhatott légyen | ||||||||
Inf. | (vonhatni) | (vonhatnom) | (vonhatnod) | (vonhatnia) | (vonhatnunk) | (vonhatnotok) | (vonhatniuk) | ||
Positive adjective | vonható | Neg. adj. | vonhatatlan | Adv. part. | (vonhatva / vonhatván) | ||||
Derived terms edit
(With verbal prefixes):
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Korean 원 (won, also 圓 in hanja), from Sinitic 圓/圆 (yuán, “circle” > “round coin”).
Noun edit
von
- won (currency)
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | von | vonok |
accusative | vont | vonokat |
dative | vonnak | vonoknak |
instrumental | vonnal | vonokkal |
causal-final | vonért | vonokért |
translative | vonná | vonokká |
terminative | vonig | vonokig |
essive-formal | vonként | vonokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | vonban | vonokban |
superessive | vonon | vonokon |
adessive | vonnál | vonoknál |
illative | vonba | vonokba |
sublative | vonra | vonokra |
allative | vonhoz | vonokhoz |
elative | vonból | vonokból |
delative | vonról | vonokról |
ablative | vontól | vonoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
voné | vonoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
vonéi | vonokéi |
Possessive forms of von | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | vonom | vonjaim |
2nd person sing. | vonod | vonjaid |
3rd person sing. | vonja | vonjai |
1st person plural | vonunk | vonjaink |
2nd person plural | vonotok | vonjaitok |
3rd person plural | vonjuk | vonjaik |
References edit
- ^ von in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading edit
- von in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse ván, from Proto-Germanic *wēniz.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
von f (genitive singular vonar, nominative plural vonir)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
- á dauða mínum átti ég von
- eiga von á (“to expect”)
- ekki nema von (“no wonder!”)
- til vonar og vara (“as a precaution”)
- von bráðar (“soon”)
- vonbrigði (“disappointment”)
- vongóður (“hopeful”)
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse ván, vón, ón, from Proto-Germanic *wēniz.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
von f (definite singular vona, indefinite plural voner, definite plural vonene)
- hope
- expectation
- likelyhood, eventuality
- something that is showing promise
- (fishing) a place where one hopes to make a good catch
Synonyms edit
- (hope): håp
Etymology 2 edit
From the Old Norse preposition án (“without”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
von (singular and plural von)
Etymology 3 edit
From German von. Doublet of van. The noun is derived from the preposition.
Pronunciation edit
Preposition edit
von
Noun edit
von m (definite singular vonen, indefinite plural vonar, definite plural vonane)
Etymology 4 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
von
- imperative of vone
References edit
- “von” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Slovak edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vъnъ.
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
von
Further reading edit
- “von”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Preposition edit
von
Anagrams edit
Vlax Romani edit
Pronoun edit
von