Sven

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Dutch

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Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from Swedish Sven in the 20th century.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sʋɛn/, /sfɛn/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Sven
  • Rhymes: -ɛn

Proper noun

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Sven

  1. a male given name

Estonian

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Etymology

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From Swedish Sven.

Proper noun

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Sven

  1. a male given name

German

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German Wikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Swedish Sven.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Sven

  1. a male given name

Derived terms

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Norwegian

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Etymology

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Variant of Svein.

Proper noun

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Sven

  1. a male given name

Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Old Norse Sveinn; borne by three medieval kings of Denmark. Cognate with Norwegian Svein and Danish Svend. Doublet of Soini.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Sven c (genitive Svens)

  1. a male given name

Derived terms

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References

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  • Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
  • [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 113 813 males with the given name Sven living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1930s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

Anagrams

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