Schwan

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schwan.

Proper noun

Schwan (plural Schwans)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Schwan is the 14545^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2049 individuals. Schwan is most common among White (95.61%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Schwan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

German

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Etymology

From Middle High German swan, from Old High German swan, from Proto-West Germanic *swan, from Proto-Germanic *swanaz (“swan”), from Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- (“to sound, resound”).

Compare Low German Swaan, Dutch zwaan, English swan, Swedish svan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃvaːn/, [ʃʋäːn]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aːn

Noun

Schwan m (strong or mixed, genitive Schwans or Schwanes, plural Schwäne or (archaic) Schwanen, diminutive Schwänchen n or Schwänlein n, feminine Schwänin)

1. swan
2. (astronomy) the constellation Cygnus

Usage notes

• The normal plural is Schwäne; the form Schwanen is archaic.

Declension

Declension of Schwan [masculine, strong // mixed]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Schwan	die	Schwäne, Schwanen2
genitive	eines	des	Schwans, Schwanes	der	Schwäne, Schwanen2
dative	einem	dem	Schwan, Schwane1	den	Schwänen, Schwanen2
accusative	einen	den	Schwan	die	Schwäne, Schwanen2

¹Now rare, see notes.
²Archaic.

Hyponyms

• Coscorobaschwan
• Höckerschwan
• Jungschwan
• Koskorobaschwan
• Pfeifschwan
• Schwanenjunges
• Schwanenküken
• Schwanenmännchen
• Schwanenweibchen
• Schwänin
• Schwarzer Schwan
• Schwarzhalsschwan
• Schwarzschwan
• Singschwan
• Trauerschwan
• Trompeterschwan
• Zwergschwan

 

Derived terms

• mein lieber Schwan
• Schwanenart
• Schwanenblume
• Schwanenblumengewächse
• Schwanenbraten
• Schwanendaunen
• Schwanenfamilie
• Schwanenfeder
• Schwanenfederkissen
• Schwanengans
• Schwanengattung
• Schwanengesang
• Schwanengruppe
• Schwanenhals
• Schwanenhals-Agave
• Schwanenhals-Bandzahnmoos
• Schwanenhals-Sternmoos
• Schwanenhalsdeformation
• Schwanenhalsdeformität
• Schwanenhalslampe
• Schwanenhalsmikrofon
• Schwanenhalsmikrophon
• Schwaneninseln-Ferkelratte
• Schwanenjunges
• Schwanenjungfrau
• Schwanenmädchen
• Schwanenmuschel
• Schwanennebel
• Schwanenpaar
• Schwanenpärchen
• Schwanenteich
• Schwanenweibchen
• Schwänin
• sterbender Schwan

 

Descendants

• Lower Sorbian: šwon

See also

• schwanen

Further reading

• “Schwan” in Duden online
• “Schwan” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Luxembourgish

Alternative forms

• Schwunn (archaic)

Etymology

Alteration of the inherited Schwunn after German Schwan, both from Middle High German and Old High German swan, from Proto-West Germanic *swan, from Proto-Germanic *swanaz, from Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- (“to sound, resound”). Cognate with Dutch zwaan, English swan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃwaːn/

Noun

Schwan m (plural Schwanen)

1. swan