Faroese

Proper noun

Havn f

1. (colloquial) Tórshavn, capital of the Faroe Islands.

Declension

Usage notes

Note, that both the definite and the indefinite form can be used, but in genitive normally only the indefinite form.

• Havnin er ein lítil bygd - Tórshavn is a small village (Song title by Teitur 2007)
• Havnar bóltfelag - HB Tórshavn (a main Faroese soccer club)
• vera í Havn(ini) - to be in Tórshavn
• fara til Havnar - go to Tórshavn
• (nautical) á Havn - to / at the Port of Tórshavn
• (nautical) á Havnina - to the Port of Tórshavn
• (nautical) á Havnini - at the Port of Tórshavn

Danish

Noun

havn c

1. harbour, haven

Faroese

Alternative forms

• høvn (rare)

Etymology

From Old Norse hǫfn ‎(“haven”), from Proto-Germanic *habnō, from Proto-Indo-European *kopno-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /havn/
• Homophone: Havn

Noun

havn f (genitive singular havnar, plural havnir)

1. harbour, haven

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [haʉn]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hǫfn ‎(“haven”).

Noun

havn f, m ‎(definite singular havna or havnen, indefinite plural havner, definite plural havnene)

1. a harbour, haven

Derived terms

• havneby
• lufthavn

See also

• hamn (Nynorsk)

Etymology 2

Verb

havn

1. imperative of havne

References

• “havn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.