tyv

Translingual

Symbol

tyv

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Tuvan.

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish thiuf, þiufær, from Old Norse þjófr, from Proto-Germanic *þeubaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtˢywˀ]

Noun

tyv c (singular definite tyven, plural indefinite tyve)

1. thief (one who carries out theft)

Inflection

Declension of tyv

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tyv	tyven	tyve	tyvene
genitive	tyvs	tyvens	tyves	tyvenes

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• tjuv

Etymology

From Danish tyv, from Old Norse þjófr, from Proto-Germanic *þeubaz.

Noun

tyv m (definite singular tyven, indefinite plural tyver, definite plural tyvene)

1. a thief (person who steals)

Derived terms

• butikktyv
• innbruddstyv

References

• “tyv” in The Bokmål Dictionary.