zwaan

See also: Zwaan

Dutch

Zwemmende zwanen. — Swimming swans.

Etymology

From Middle Dutch swane, from Old Dutch *swano, from Proto-Germanic *swanô. Existed next to Middle Dutch swan, from Old Dutch *swan, from Proto-Germanic *swanaz.

Cognate with Low German Swaan, West Frisian swan, German Schwan, English swan, Swedish svan.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /zʋaːn/
Hyphenation: zwaan
Rhymes: -aːn

Noun

zwaan m (plural zwanen, diminutive zwaantje n)

A swan, a large waterbird of the genera Cygnus and Coscoroba.

Derived terms

zwaangans
zwaanridder
zwaantje
zwanenbloem
zwanendrift
zwanenmossel
zwanenei
zwanenhals
zwanenzang

- swan species

Descendants

Afrikaans: swaan
→ Indonesian: soang

Further reading

zwanen on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

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