zwaan

See also: Zwaan

Dutch

Zwemmende zwanen. — Swimming swans.

Etymology

From Middle Dutch swane, from Old Dutch *swano, from Proto-Germanic *swanô. Existed next to Middle Dutch swan, from Old Dutch *swan, from Proto-Germanic *swanaz.

Cognate with Low German Swaan, West Frisian swan, German Schwan, English swan, Swedish svan.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /zʋaːn/
• Hyphenation: zwaan
• Rhymes: -aːn

Noun

zwaan m (plural zwanen, diminutive zwaantje n)

1. a swan, a large waterbird of the genera Cygnus and Coscoroba

Derived terms

• zwaangans
• zwaanridder
• zwaantje
• zwanenbloem
• zwanendrift
• zwanenmossel
• zwanenei
• zwanenhals
• zwanenzang

- swan species

• coscorobazwaan
• fluitzwaan
• kleine zwaan
• knobbelzwaan
• trompetzwaan
• wilde zwaan
• zwarte zwaan
• zwarthalszwaan

Descendants

• Afrikaans: swaan
• → Indonesian: soang

Further reading

• zwanen on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl