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sogn.

parish; an ecclesiastical district with its own church

4 characters1 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

noun/sɔŋn/
  1. parish; an ecclesiastical district with its own church

    neuter
  2. parish; an ecclesiastical district with its own church An administratively delimited district

    broadly · neuter
  3. The people belonging to the same church; a congregation

    neuter
  4. A judicial or administrative district, especially a tingsogn (“judicial district”)

    historical · neuter
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Danish sogn (“parish”), from Old Danish sōkn (“lawsuit; parish”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sōkniz (“search, inquiry”). Compare Norwegian Nynorsk sokn, Icelandic sókn, Faroese sókn and Swedish socken (“parish”). Doublet of sokn (“underwater-searching tool; parish”).

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