ovan
See also: ovän
Esperanto edit
Adjective edit
ovan
- accusative singular of ova
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse ofan, from Proto-Germanic *ubanē. Cognate with Faroese oman, Icelandic ofan, Swedish ovan, and Danish oven.
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
ovan
Preposition edit
ovan
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ovьnъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *awinas.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
óvan m (Cyrillic spelling о́ван)
Declension edit
Declension of ovan
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “ovan” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Spanish edit
Verb edit
ovan
Swedish edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
ovan
- unaccustomed (to); not used to, inexperienced, lacking practice
Declension edit
| Inflection of ovan | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | ovan | ovanare | ovanast |
| Neuter singular | ovant | ovanare | ovanast |
| Plural | ovana | ovanare | ovanast |
| Masculine plural3 | ovane | ovanare | ovanast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | ovane | ovanare | ovanaste |
| All | ovana | ovanare | ovanaste |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||
Antonyms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Swedish ovan, from Old Norse ofan. Cognate with Danish oven and German oben, as well as with the compound forms Dutch boven and English above.
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
ovan (not comparable)
Preposition edit
ovan
- above, at some unspecified point of higher altitude
- Högt ovan molnen
- High above the clouds