Noun: svefn
Gender: m
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | svefn |
| Sg. Def. | svefninn |
| Pl. Indef. | svefnar |
| Pl. Def. | svefnarnir |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | svefns |
| Sg. Def. | svefnsins |
| Pl. Indef. | svefna |
| Pl. Def. | svefnanna |
Dative
| Sg. Indef. | svefni |
| Sg. Def. | svefninum |
| Pl. Indef. | svefnum |
| Pl. Def. | svefnunum |
Accusative
| Sg. Indef. | svefn |
| Sg. Def. | svefninn |
| Pl. Indef. | svefna |
| Pl. Def. | svefnana |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like svefn
erkibiskup,
erkidjákn,
djákn,
ǫlr,
otr,
svefn,
kvennfugl,
bólstr,
biskup,
geirfugl,
þorn,
þegn,
lúðr,
fogl,
fugl,
nykr,
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *swefnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos, an extension of *swep- (“sleep”). Cognate with Old Saxon sweƀan, Old English swefn, English sweven. The Indo-European root also led to Ancient Greek ὕπνος (húpnos), Latin somnus, Old Irish suan, Old Church Slavonic съпати (sŭpati), Russian спать (spatʹ), Latvian sapnis. See: Old English Nouns '
swefn', English Nouns '
sweven', Ancient Greek Nouns '
ὕπνος', Latin Nouns '
somnus', Latvian Nouns '
sapnis'.
Verbs referencing "svefn"
Old English Nouns
swefn, Icelandic Nouns
svefn, Faroese Nouns
svøvnur, Danish Nouns
søvn, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns
søvn, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns
søvn, Swedish Nouns
sömn, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns
svevn, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns
svemn, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns
svømn, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns
sømn.
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