Faroese

Noun

vatn n (genitive singular vatns, plural vøtn)

1. (uncountable) water (H₂O)
2. (nautical) sea
3. body fluid
4. lake

Declension

Usage notes

kasta sær av vatni(num) - to pee

Derived terms

• tað rennur ikki vatn ímillum (teirra) - "there runs no water between them" (they are best friends)
• vatn kemur aftur, har vatn hevur verið - water comes back, where water has been

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse vatn, from Proto-Germanic *watōr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vahtn/

Noun

vatn n ‎(genitive singular vatns, nominative plural vötn)

1. (uncountable) water (H₂O)

   Vatnið er mjög tært.

   The water is very clear.

2. (countable) a lake, a water

   Á Arnarvatnsheiði er fjöldi vatna.

   On Arnarvatnsheiði [there] is a multitude of lakes.

   • Genesis 1-3 (English, Icelandic)

     Guð sagði: „Verði festing milli vatnanna, og hún greini vötn frá vötnum.“

     And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

Declension

Derived terms

• horvatn
• kasta vatni
• munnvatn
• stöðuvatn
• vatnsbað
• vatnsleysi

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

vatn n ‎(definite singular vatnet, indefinite plural vatn, definite plural vatna or vatnene)

1. Alternative form of vann

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse vatn, from Proto-Germanic *watōr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋatn/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

vatn n ‎(definite singular vatnet, indefinite plural vatn, definite plural vatna)

1. water (chemical substance)

   Eg skulle ynskt at eg hadde noko vatn å drikka.

   I wish that I had some water to drink.

2. (smaller) lake

   Dette vatnet har eg ikkje sett før.

   I have not seen this lake before.

3. bodily fluid that looks like water

See also

• vass-

References

• “vatn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *watōr, whence also Old Saxon and Old Dutch watar, Old English wæter, Old Frisian weter, Old High German wazzar. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥.

Noun

vatn n (genitive vatns, plural vǫtn)

1. water
2. lake
3. waterway, river

Declension

Descendants

References

• vatn in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press