kven
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronoun edit
kven
- who
- Kven er du?
- Who are you?
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Norse kvænir, kvenir pl.
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
kven m (definite singular kvenen, indefinite plural kvener or kvenar, definite plural kvenene or kvenane)
- (rare today) a Finn, a Finnish speaking person
- Synonym: finne (from Swedish)
- a Kven, person of a Finnish-descended people in Northern Norway
- Synonym: norskfinne
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “kven” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk pronouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk interrogative pronouns
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