Noun: gæv
Gender: Common
Hyphenation:
Nominative
| Sg. indefinite | gæv |
| Sg. definite | gæven |
| Pl. indefinite | gæve |
| Pl. definite | gævene |
Genitive
| Sg. indefinite | gævs |
| Sg. definite | gævens |
| Pl. indefinite | gæves |
| Pl. definite | gævenes |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like gæv
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 giæf, from Old Norse gjǫf (“gift”), from Proto-Germanic *gebō, cognate with Gothic 𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌰 (giba). Derived from *gebaną (“to give”). A related word has replaced this word in its central meaning "gift", namely gave, which is probably a loan from Middle Low German gābe, from Proto-Germanic *gēbǭ (“gift, giving”), cognate with German Gabe. See: Old Norse Nouns '
gjǫf', Gothic Nouns '
𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌰', German Nouns '
Gabe'.
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