søvn
See also: sovn
Danish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse svefn, from Proto-Germanic *swefnaz, cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk svevn, søvn, Swedish sömn, English sweven (archaic). The Germanic word goes back to Proto-Indo-European *swépnos (“sleep”), which is also the source of Latin somnus and Ancient Greek ὕπνος (húpnos). Related to the verb sove (“to sleep”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsøvn c (singular definite søvnen, not used in plural form)
Declension
editDeclension of søvn
common gender |
Singular | |
---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | |
nominative | søvn | søvnen |
genitive | søvns | søvnens |
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “søvn” in Den Danske Ordbog
Faroese
editNoun
editsøvn n pl
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse svefn, from Proto-Germanic *swefnaz.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsøvn m (definite singular søvnen, dative form søvne) (uncountable)
- sleep (state of reduced consciousness)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editReferences
editNorwegian Nynorsk
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse svefn, from Proto-Germanic *swefnaz.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsøvn m (definite singular søvnen, dative form søvne) (uncountable)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editReferences
edit- “søvn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Categories:
- Danish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Danish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *swep-
- Danish terms inherited from Old Norse
- Danish terms derived from Old Norse
- Danish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Danish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Danish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Danish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
- Danish common-gender nouns
- da:Sleep
- Faroese non-lemma forms
- Faroese noun forms
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *swep-
- Norwegian Bokmål terms inherited from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Bokmål terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål uncountable nouns
- nb:Sleep
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *swep-
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk uncountable nouns
- nn:Sleep