Noun: favn
Gender: Common
Hyphenation:
Nominative
| Sg. indefinite | favn |
| Sg. definite | favnen |
| Pl. indefinite | favne |
| Pl. definite | favnene |
Genitive
| Sg. indefinite | favns |
| Sg. definite | favnens |
| Pl. indefinite | favnes |
| Pl. definite | favnenes |
Sample Sentences
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at falde i søvn i nogens favn (to fall asleep in someone's arms)
Nouns inflected like favn
tøsedreng,
følgesvend,
skjald,
islænding,
hvirvelstorm,
dyreelsker,
paletkniv,
bededag,
belizer,
bestand,
hobbykniv,
foldekniv,
navlestreng,
abebestand,
rullestol,
pn-overgang,
rødstjert,
trækkerdreng,
baggård,
fedterøv, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Danish fafn, from Old East Norse *famna-, *faþmna- (compare Swedish famn), derivatives of Old Danish fathm, Old Norse faðmr, from Proto-Germanic *faþmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pat-, *pet-. See: Swedish Nouns '
famn', Old Norse Nouns '
faðmr'.
Verbs referencing "favn"
English Nouns
fathom, Old English Nouns
fæþm, Swedish Nouns
famn.
Translations