havn

See also: Havn

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse hǫfn (“haven”), from Proto-Germanic *habnō, from Proto-Indo-European *kopno-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /havn/, [hɑʊ̯ˀn]

Noun

havn c

  1. harbour, haven

Declension
Declension of havn
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative havn havnen havne havnene
genitive havns havnens havnes havnenes

Derived terms

References

Faroese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse hǫfn (“haven”), from Proto-Germanic *habnō, from Proto-Indo-European *kopno-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /havn/
  • Homophone: Havn

Noun

havn f (genitive singular havnar, plural havnir)

  1. harbour, haven

Declension
Declension of havn
f2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative havn havnin havnir havnirnar
accusative havn havnina havnir havnirnar
dative havn havnini havnum havnunum
genitive havnar havnarinnar havna havnanna

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [hɑvn], [haʉn]

Etymology 1

From Danish havn, from Old Norse hǫfn (“port, harbor, haven”), from Proto-Germanic *habanō, *habnō (“harbour, haven”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂póneh₂ or *kh₂pnéh₂, from the root *keh₂p- (“to take, seize, grasp”).

Noun

havn f or m (definite singular havna or havnen, indefinite plural havner, definite plural havnene)

  1. a harbour, haven, port
Derived terms

See also

Verb

havn

  1. imperative of havne

References
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