kvan

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en kvan
a garden angelica

Etymology

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From dialectal Norwegian kvan, from Old Norse hvǫnn. Compare Icelandic hvönn, Faroese hvonn, Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk kvann, and Swedish kvanne.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [kvæˀn], [kvanˀ], [kvan]

Noun

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kvan c (singular definite kvanen or kvannen, plural indefinite kvaner or kvanner)

  1. garden angelica, wild celery, Norwegian angelica; Angelica archangelica

Declension

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References

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kvan” in Den Danske Ordbog