zwaan – Dutch noun declension

Noun: zwaan
Gender: Masculine Hyphenation:

Sg.	zwaan
Pl.	zwanen

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like zwaan

silaan, Subsaharaan, hijskraan, warmwaterkraan, roze pelikaan, ademhalingsorgaan, uitgedoofde vulkaan, zadelsprinkhaan, Dominicaan, mohammedaan, Zimbabwaan, meridiaan, celmembraan, roodrugpelikaan, baviaan, wilde zwaan, Hindoestaan, oorlogsveteraan, sprinkhaan, kabelbaan, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

1. From Middle Dutch swane, from Old Dutch *swano, from Proto-Germanic *swanô. Existed next to Middle Dutch swan, from Old Dutch *swan, from Proto-Germanic *swanaz.
2. Cognate with Low German Swaan, West Frisian swan, German Schwan, English swan, Swedish svan. See: German Nouns 'Schwan', English Nouns 'swan', Swedish Nouns 'svan'.

Verbs referencing "zwaan"

English Nouns swan, Old English Nouns swan, German Nouns Schwan, Old Norse Nouns svanr, Danish Nouns svane.

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