vante
Danish edit
Noun edit
vante c (definite singular vanten, indefinite plural vanter, definite plural vanterne)
- a mitten (type of glove)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
Adjective edit
vante
References edit
- “vante” in Den Danske Ordbog
French edit
Verb edit
vante
- inflection of vanter:
Anagrams edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Danish vante, from Old Norse vantr.
Noun edit
vante m (definite singular vanten, indefinite plural vanter, definite plural vantene)
- a glove (item of clothing)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: vante
Etymology 2 edit
Adjective edit
vante
References edit
- “vante” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Norwegian Bokmål vante, from Danish vante, from Old Norse vantr. Doublet of vott.
Noun edit
vante m (definite singular vanten, indefinite plural vantar, definite plural vantane)
Verb edit
vante (present tense vantar, past tense vanta, past participle vanta, passive infinitive vantast, present participle vantande, imperative vante/vant)
- Alternative form of vanta
References edit
- “vante” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Swedish wante, from Old Norse vǫttr, from Proto-Germanic *wantuz, from Proto-Indo-European *wondʰnú- (“glove”), from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to wind, wrap”).
Noun edit
vante c
- a (usually knitted or made of cloth) garment worn on the hands for warmth (or to protect against heat, in the case of an oven mitt)
- a mitten (tumvante)
- a glove (fingervante)
- an oven mitt, an oven glove (grillvante (for grilling) or grytvante (generally))
Usage notes edit
A glove made from sturdier material like leather (or rubber or the like) is a handske.
Declension edit
Declension of vante | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | vante | vanten | vantar | vantarna |
Genitive | vantes | vantens | vantars | vantarnas |
Derived terms edit
- fingervante
- flyga som en vante (“be thrown around like a rag doll”)
- grillvante
- grytvante
- lovikkavante
- lägga vantarna på något (“get one's hands on something”)
- slå vantarna i bordet (“go bankrupt”)
- tumvante
See also edit
References edit
- vante in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- vante in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- vante in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Anagrams edit
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
- Danish common-gender nouns
- Danish non-lemma forms
- Danish adjective forms
- da:Clothing
- French non-lemma forms
- French verb forms
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Danish
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål non-lemma forms
- Norwegian Bokmål adjective forms
- nb:Clothing
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms borrowed from Norwegian Bokmål
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Norwegian Bokmål
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Danish
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk doublets
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk verbs
- Norwegian Nynorsk weak verbs
- nn:Clothing
- Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish
- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- sv:Clothing