svin

See also: sviň, svín, and svíň

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse svín, from Proto-Germanic *swīną, from an adjectival form of Proto-Indo-European *sū-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sviːˀn/, [ˈsʋiˀn]
  • Rhymes: -in

Noun

svin n (singular definite svinet, plural indefinite svin)

  1. (member of family Suidae) hog, pig, swine
  2. (derogatory, person) swine

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse svín, from Proto-Germanic *swīną, from an adjectival form of Proto-Indo-European *sū-.

Noun

svin n (definite singular svinet, indefinite plural svin, definite plural svina or svinene)

  1. hog, pig, swine
  2. beast (figurative)

Synonyms

Hyponyms

  • hanngris
  • hunngris
  • hannsvin
  • hunnsvin

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References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse svín, from Proto-Germanic *swīną, from an adjectival form of Proto-Indo-European *suH-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sʋiːn/

Noun

svin n (definite singular svinet, indefinite plural svin, definite plural svina)

  1. pig, hog, swine (member of family Suidae)
  2. (uncountable) pork (pig meat)
  3. (derogatory, vulgar) a despicable person, often in reference to their literal or figurative uncleanliness

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse svín, from Proto-Germanic *swīną, from an adjectival form of Proto-Indo-European *sū-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sviːn/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -iːn

Noun

svin n

  1. hog, pig, swine (member of the family Suidae)
  2. (derogatory) swine (person)

Declension

Declension of svin 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative svin svinet svin svinen
Genitive svins svinets svins svinens

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Volapük

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [svin]

Noun

svin (nominative plural svins)

  1. (male or female) hog, pig, swine

Declension

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

  • domasvin
  • hisvin
  • hosvin
  • jisvin
  • josvin
  • svinül

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See also

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