vän
Swedish
/vɛːn/, /vɛn/
adj
Definitions
- (dated) fair, beautiful
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse vænn (which gives hope about).
Origin
Old Norse
vænn
Gloss
which gives hope about
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ven Norwegian Bokmål
- brev Swedish
- brevvän Swedish
- flicka Swedish
- flickvän Swedish
- pojke Swedish
- pojkvän Swedish
- tjänst Swedish
- väninna Swedish
- vänlig Swedish
- vänligen Swedish
- vänskap Swedish
- vänskaplig Swedish
- väntjänst Swedish
- vinr Old Norse
- vænleikr Old Norse
- vænn Old Norse
- bolleven Danish
- penneven Danish
- ven Danish
- veninde Danish
- venlig Danish
- venneanmodning Danish
- venneløs Danish
- venskab Danish
- vænn Icelandic