ovan

See also: ovän

Esperanto

Adjective

ovan

1. accusative singular of ova

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• oman, ogan (dialectal)

Etymology

From Old Norse ofan, from Proto-Germanic *ubanē. Cognate with Faroese oman, Icelandic ofan, Swedish ovan, and Danish oven.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²oːva/

Adverb

ovan

1. from above, downwards

Preposition

ovan

1. above

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ovьnъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *awinas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǒːʋan/
• Hyphenation: o‧van

Noun

óvan m (Cyrillic spelling о́ван)

1. ram: a male sheep
2. Capricorn: a Zodiac sign

Declension

Declension of ovan

	singular	plural
nominative	óvan	óvnovi
genitive	óvna	ovnova
dative	ovnu	ovnovima
accusative	ovna	ovnove
vocative	ovne	ovnovi
locative	ovnu	ovnovima
instrumental	ovnom	ovnovima

Related terms

• óvca

Further reading

• “ovan”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Spanish

Verb

ovan

1. third-person plural present indicative of ovar

Swedish

Etymology 1

o- +‎ van

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• IPA^(key): /uː.vɑːn/

Adjective

ovan

1. unaccustomed (to); not used to, inexperienced, lacking practice

Declension

Inflection of ovan

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	ovan	ovanare	ovanast
neuter singular	ovant	ovanare	ovanast
plural	ovana	ovanare	ovanast
masculine plural2	ovane	ovanare	ovanast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	ovane	ovanare	ovanaste
all	ovana	ovanare	ovanaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Antonyms

• van

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish ovan, from Old Norse ofan. Cognate with Danish oven and German oben, as well as with the compound forms Dutch boven and English above.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoːˌvan/

Adverb

ovan (not comparable)

1. above, overhead

   se bilden ovan

   see the above image

Preposition

ovan

1. above, at some unspecified point of higher altitude

   Högt ovan molnen

   High above the clouds

Anagrams

• Nova