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DANISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

ven.

friend

3 characters1 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

noun/vɛn/[ˈʋɛn]

  1. friend

    common-gender

  2. boyfriend (a male lover)

    common-gender · dated
Where this word comes from

From Old Danish win, from Old Norse vinr, from Proto-Norse ᚹᛁᚾᛁᛉ (winiʀ), from Proto-Germanic *winiz, cognate with Swedish vän. rom Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to seek, desire, love, win”).

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