vanne – Norwegian verb conjugation

Norwegian verb forms of vanne

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: vanne
Present participle: Past participle: vannet

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

jegvanner
duvanner
hanvanner
vivanner
derevanner
devanner

Present Perfect

jeghar vannet
duhar vannet
hanhar vannet
vihar vannet
derehar vannet
dehar vannet

Past

jegvannet
duvannet
hanvannet
vivannet
derevannet
devannet

Past Perfect

jeghadde vannet
duhadde vannet
hanhadde vannet
vihadde vannet
derehadde vannet
dehadde vannet

Future

jegvil vanne
duvil vanne
hanvil vanne
vivil vanne
derevil vanne
devil vanne

Future Perfect

jegvil ha vannet
duvil ha vannet
hanvil ha vannet
vivil ha vannet
derevil ha vannet
devil ha vannet

Conditional

Present

jegville vanne
duville vanne
hanville vanne
viville vanne
dereville vanne
deville vanne

Perfect

jegville ha vannet
duville ha vannet
hanville ha vannet
viville ha vannet
dereville ha vannet
deville ha vannet

Imperative

duvann

Verbs conjugated like 'vanne'

adle, agne, aksle, akte, aktevie, albue, amme, anfekte, ange, angre, anke, ankre, anmode, anordne, anrette, anskaffe, antaste, antyde, arme, arte, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'vanne'

banne, danne, manne, sanne, vakne, valne, vanke, vante, vatne, venne,

Translations

Etymology

1. Inherited from Old Norse vatna (“to water”). The form vanne reflects Danish influence; compare vande (“to water”), while the alternative vatne (“to water”) more transparently continues the Old Norse form. Doublet of vatne (“to water”).
2. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk vatne, Danish vande, Swedish vattna, Icelandic vatna and Faroese vatna (“to water”). See: Norwegian, nynorsk 'vatne', Danish 'vande', Swedish 'vattna', Icelandic 'vatna', Faroese 'vatna'.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Sample Sentences

  • Husk å vanne blomstene. (Remember to water the flowers.)
  • Vi må vanne treverket før vi begynner med pussingen. (We need to wet the wood before we begin sanding.)
  • Jeg, Herren, vokter [vingården] og vanner den til alle tider. (I, the Lord, watch over [the vineyard] and water it continually.) [traditional, Jesaja [Isaiah], 27:3:]
  • Jeg plantet, Apollos vannet, men Gud ga vekst. (I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth.) [traditional, 1 Korinterbrev [First Epistle to the Corinthians], 3:6:]
  • [han] vandede end eengang vindvets blomster ([he] once more watered the flowers of the window) [Henrik Wergeland, Samlede Skrifter, volume III, page 396:]
  • [hun] vander og steller med blomsterne ([she] waters and tends the flowers) [1886, Henrik Ibsen, Rosmersholm, page 113:]
  • hjælpe til at vande i haven (help with watering in the garden) [1918, Sigrid Undset, De kloge jomfruer, page 182:]
  • men næste dag stod hun like fornøiet og vandet roserne paa sin altan (but the next day she stood just as contentedly watering the roses on her balcony) [1920, Vilhelm Dybwad, edited by Bokken Lasson, 67 viser fra det gamle Chat Noir, Vandspandet, page 136:]
  • ute gikk de pent og forsiktig. Og vannet blomstene på sin altan (outside they walked nicely and carefully, and watered the flowers on their balcony) [2004, Lillebjørn Nilsen, Tekst og musikk: Lillebjørn Nilsen, page 175:]
  • når gulvet er støpt ferdig, skal vi vanne betongen (when the floor has been cast, we must water the concrete) [2010, Beate Grimsrud, En dåre fri:]
  • jeg [gikk] ut for å vanne tomatene (I [went] outside to water the tomatoes) [2013, Odd Klippenvåg, Et personlig anliggende:]
  • De vannet ut suppa for å få nok til alle. ― They diluted the soup so that there would be enough for everyone. (vanne ut — to add water to a drink or liquid food in order to dilute or weaken it)
  • Kjøttet må vannes ut før bruk. ― The meat must be soaked in water before use. (vanne ut — to place or soak food in water)
  • [regnet] kom og vatnet [fôret] ut ([the rain] came and soaked [the fodder]) [1936, Magnhild Haalke, Åkfestet, page 11:]
  • [lutefisk] er ganske enkelt norsk torsk som er tørket, deretter lagt i lut, … og til slutt vannet ut ([lutefisk] is simply Norwegian cod that has been dried, then placed in lye, … and finally soaked in water) [2007, Jorun Thørring, Tarantellen:]
  • før tilberedning må klippfisken vannes ut i 1–2 døgn i rikelig med vann (before preparation, the dried and salted cod must be soaked in plenty of water for one or two days) [2021, Aicha Bouhlou, Aichas salatfantasier, page 263:]
  • Begrepet har blitt vannet ut. ― The term has been watered down. (vanne ut — (figurative) to make something lose its original force, distinctiveness or meaning; to dilute, water down)
  • de gamle historiene vannes ut (the old stories are watered down) [2005, Tore Renberg, Kompani Orheim:]
  • de føler at budskapet er vannet ut (they feel that the message has been watered down) [2008, Jon Michelet, Brev fra de troende:]
  • vanne ned (to mix or dilute with water)
  • prøvene er ren konjakk … Senere skal den vannes ned til rundt 40 prosent (the samples are pure cognac … Later it will be diluted to around forty percent) [2003 October 13, Adresseavisen, page 17:]
  • [slavinnen] vander med taarefulde suk sin blomstkalk ([the female slave] waters her flower-cup with tearful sighs) [1830, Henrik Wergeland, Skabelsen, Mennesket og Messias, page 34:]
  • kjærlighed, som af taarer vandes, den vinder liv kun og nyt behag (love watered by tears gains new life and new delight) [Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Samlede Digte, volume I, page 202:]
  • Munnen begynte å vanne. (His mouth began to water.)
  • [hun] sad med vattnende mund ([she] sat with her mouth watering) [1909, Jacob Breda Bull, Jutulskaret, page 79:]
  • Eufrat og Tigris vanner Mesopotamia. (The Euphrates and Tigris water Mesopotamia.)
  • De måtte fôre og vanne hestene. (They had to feed and water the horses.)
  • [prestens syv døtre] øste opp vann og fylte vannrennene for å vanne sin fars småfe ([the priest's seven daughters] drew water and filled the troughs to water their father's flock) [traditional, 2 Mosebok [Exodus], 2:16:]
  • [han red] lige op til sæteren forat vande sin ganger ([he rode] straight up to the mountain farm to water his horse) [1850, Bernhard Herre, En Jægers Erindringer, page 22:]
  • han [skulle] vande koen først (he [was to] water the cow first) [1879, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Norske Folke- og Huldre-Eventyr, page 50:]
  • [hun] lod hesterne vande og hvile ([she] let the horses drink and rest) [Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Samlede digter-verker, volume IV, page 15:]
  • de vatnet gampene (they watered the horses) [1938, Johan Falkberget, Christianus Sextus, volume II, page 112:]
  • vi måtte … fôre og vanne underveis (we had to … feed and water them along the way) [2019, Roy Jacobsen and Anneliese Pitz, Mannen som elsket Sibir, page 40:]
  • finnen fra højfjeldet kommer ned i fjorddalen med sine rener og vander dem i dalelven (the Sámi man comes down from the high mountains with his reindeer and bathes them in the valley river) [1873, Jonas Lie, Den Fremsynte, page 35:]
  • kjernene [innsjøene] tok til at vande oppaa (the small lakes began to become covered with meltwater) [1919, Mikkjel Fønhus, Der vildmarken suser, page 13:]
  • jeg kom dessverre i skade for å vanne i buksen og ble prompte sendt hjem [fra skolen] (unfortunately, I happened to wet my trousers and was promptly sent home [from school]) [1968, Konrad Birkhaug, Lege ved veis ende, page 11:]
  • kuglen hvinede høit over vore hoveder og vandede langt bag om os (the bullet whistled high above our heads and struck the water far behind us) [1865, H. Schulze, Fra Lofoten og Solør, page 34:]
  • kuglen vander med et blask lige ved fuglen (the bullet strikes the water with a splash right beside the bird) [1904, Jacob Breda Bull, Folkelivsbilleder, volume II, page 121:]
  • [«Latham 7» hadde] vannet om natten ved Bizerte. Å vanne om natten er ofte en vanskelig affære ([“Latham 7” had] landed on the water at night near Bizerte. Landing on the water at night is often a difficult undertaking) [1934, Gunnar Hovdenak, Roald Amundsens siste ferd, page 71:]