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ovan
ovan
See also: ovän
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *ovьnъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ǒːʋan/
- Hyphenation: o‧van
Noun
óvan m (Cyrillic spelling о́ван)
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
Swedish
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uː.vɑːn/
Adjective
ovan
- unaccustomed (to); not used to, inexperienced, lacking practice
Declension
| Inflection of ovan | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite/attributive | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | ovan | ovanare | ovanast |
| Neuter singular | ovant | ovanare | ovanast |
| Plural | ovana | ovanare | ovanast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | ovane | ovanare | ovanaste |
| All | ovana | ovanare | ovanaste |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in an attributive role. | |||
Antonyms
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/
Preposition
ovan
- above, at some unspecified point of higher altitude
- Högt ovan molnen
- High above the clouds
- Högt ovan molnen