væn

See also: vaen, väen, and vän

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish wæn. From Old Norse vænn. From Proto-Germanic *wēniz, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁-, the same root as vinr. Related to Icelandic vænn, Faroese vænur, Norwegian Nynorsk ven, Swedish vän.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛˀn/

Adjective

væn

1. (dated) fair, beautiful, attractive

Inflection

Inflection of væn

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	væn	vænere	vænest2
indefinite neuter singular	vænt	vænere	vænest2
plural	væne	vænere	vænest2
definite attributive1	væne	vænere	væneste

¹ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
² The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Jutish

Etymology

From Low German wenn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛn]

Conjunction

væn

1. (Fjolde) if

References

• “væn” in Anders Bjerrum and Marie Bjerrum (1974), Ordbog over Fjoldemålet, Copenhagen: Akademisk Forlag.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

væn (neuter vænt, definite singular and plural væne, comparative vænare, indefinite superlative vænast, definite superlative vænaste)

1. (pre-1917) alternative form of ven

Old Norse

Adjective

væn

1. inflection of vænn:
   1. positive degree strong feminine nominative singular
   2. positive degree strong neuter nominative/accusative plural

Verb

væn

1. second-person singular imperative active of væna