sann

See also: sånn and Sänn

German

Pronunciation
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  • Rhymes: -an

Verb

sann

  1. first/third-person singular preterite of sinnen

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French cendre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sãn/

Noun

sann

  1. ash, cinder

Kavalan

Noun

sann

  1. oyster

Maltese
Root
s-n-n
4 terms

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic سَنَّ (sanna).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sann/

Verb

sann (imperfect jsonn, past participle misnun, verbal noun sann or senn)

  1. to sharpen (a knife etc.)

Conjugation
    Conjugation of sann
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m sannejt sannejt sann sannejna sannejtu sannew
f sannet
imperfect m nsonn ssonn jsonn nsonnu ssonnu jsonnu
f ssonn
imperative sonn sonnu

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse sannr.

Adjective

sann (neuter singular sant, definite singular and plural sanne, comparative sannere, indefinite superlative sannest, definite superlative sanneste)

  1. true, real, genuine

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sannr, saðr, from Proto-Germanic *sanþaz.

Adjective

sann (neuter singular sant, definite singular and plural sanne, comparative sannare, indefinite superlative sannast, definite superlative sannaste)

  1. true, real, genuine
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Contraction of sa han (“said he”).

Contraction

sann

  1. Only used in pytt sann

References

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish sander, from Old Norse sannr, from Proto-Germanic *sanþaz. Cognate of English sooth.

Pronunciation
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Adjective

sann (comparative sannare, superlative sannast)

  1. true; according to the truth
  2. true; a value in Boolean logic denoting an affirmative or positive result
  3. (archaic) genuine, undiluted
    Det är mig ett sant nöje att hälsa er välkomna
    It is an absolute pleasure to welcome you
  4. (archaic) true; faithful

Declension
Inflection of sann
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular sann sannare sannast
Neuter singular sant sannare sannast
Plural sanna sannare sannast
Masculine plural3 sanne sannare sannast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 sanne sannare sannaste
All sanna sannare sannaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

Derived terms

Noun

sann c

  1. honor, probity, honesty
    Synonyms: heder, ära, redlighet, ärlighet

Derived terms

Further reading

Anagrams

Võro

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sakna.

Noun

sann (genitive sanna, partitive sanna)

  1. sauna

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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