Noun: alv
Hyphenation:
Gender: Common gender
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | alv |
| Sg. Def. | alven |
| Pl. Indef. | alver |
| Pl. Def. | alverna |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | alvs |
| Sg. Def. | alvens |
| Pl. Indef. | alvers |
| Pl. Def. | alvernas |
Sample Sentences
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Av asar och alver / som sitter här inne / vill ingen vara din vän. (Of the Æsir and elves / who sit in here / no one wants to be your friend.) [2016, Lars Lönnroth, transl., Den poetiska Eddan, Atlantis, →ISBN, Lokes smädelser (Lokasenna) §2, page 153:]
Nouns inflected like alv
kosovoalban,
olikformighet,
urinoar,
dödspatrull,
universitetsadjunkt,
villaförort,
urkraft,
knallpulverpistol,
bacillusk,
symbol,
synkop,
sydpol,
mikroorganism,
abiturient,
flykthastighet,
syrian,
rådjursjakt,
partikamrat,
skyttesoldat,
debutroman, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Norse alfr, from Proto-Germanic *albiz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós. See: Old Norse Nouns '
alfr'.
Verbs referencing "alv"
Danish Nouns
al.
Translations