Noun: sveinn
Gender:
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | sveinn |
| Sg. Def. | sveinninn |
| Pl. Indef. | sveinar |
| Pl. Def. | sveinarnir |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | sveins |
| Sg. Def. | sveinsins |
| Pl. Indef. | sveina |
| Pl. Def. | sveinanna |
Dative
| Sg. Indef. | sveini |
| Sg. Def. | sveininum |
| Pl. Indef. | sveinum |
| Pl. Def. | sveinunum |
Accusative
| Sg. Indef. | svein |
| Sg. Def. | sveininn |
| Pl. Indef. | sveina |
| Pl. Def. | sveinana |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like sveinn
augasteinn,
steðjasteinn,
augnasteinn,
grásteinn,
kvernsteinn,
mistilteinn,
brúnn,
teinn,
fleinn,
hreinn,
dúnn,
húnn,
steinn,
Etymology
1. From Proto-Germanic *swainaz (“relative, young man, servant”), from Proto-Indo-European *swé (“oneself; separate; apart”), properly one's own.
2. Other reflexes of PG *swainaz include Old English swān (modern English swain), Old High German swein. See: English Nouns '
swain'.
Verbs referencing "sveinn"
English Nouns
swain, English Nouns
boatswain, Icelandic Nouns
sveinn, Faroese Nouns
sveinur, Finnish Nouns
soini, Middle English Nouns
swayn, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns
svein, Old English Nouns
swegen.
Translations