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Sven
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sven
English
Etymology
en :bor sv:Sven + 1
Pronunciation
en
Proper noun
en male Swedish.
en https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2022/03/barceolona-style-superblocks-a-surprising-number-of-cities-greener/ Anthropocene Magazine Barcelona-style “superblocks” could make a surprising number of cities greener and less car-centric 2022-03-08 Sarah DeWeerdt “For many cities, the urban layout allows similar urban re-design strategies, even if the city is not a perfect model of the grid-like layout,” says Sven Eggimann, a researcher focusing on sustainable urban planning at the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology in Dübendorf, who conducted the analysis. Eggimann used a computer algorithm to analyze data from the open-source geographic database OpenStreetMap and automatically detect areas with the superblock potential. He applied this analysis to 5 km x 5 km areas of the city center in 18 different cities around the world. https://web.archive.org/web/20221020195225/https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2022/03/barceolona-style-superblocks-a-surprising-number-of-cities-greener/
Dutch
nl:
Etymology
nl sv Sven in the 20th century.
Pronunciation
nl /sʋɛn/ /sfɛn/
nl Nl-Sven.ogg
nl Sven
nl ɛn
Proper noun
nl proper noun
nl male Swedish
Estonian
Etymology
et sv Sven.
Proper noun
et proper noun
et male Swedish
German
de:
Alternative forms
de Swen
Etymology
de :bor sv:Sven
de sv Sven.
Pronunciation
de /svɛn/ /tsvɛn/
de De-Sven.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
de proper noun
de male sv:Sven
Derived terms
de Svenja, de Swenja
Norwegian Bokmål
Sven
Alternative forms
nb Svein Svend Svenn
Etymology
nb non Sveinn m, originally a byname based on the common noun non sveinn boy, young man, servant. The spelling corresponds to Swedish sv Sven and may have been reinforced in Norway by Swedish orthography.“Sven” in Store norske leksikon.
Compare nn Sven, sv Sven and da Sven male given name.
Pronunciation
nb /sʋɛn/ [sʋɛn]
nb ɛn 1
nb Svenn Svend when pronounced without /d/
nb Sven
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb male Old Norse
Usage notes
The spelling nb Sven may have been influenced by Swedish orthography and had its strongest modern period of use in Norway approximately from 1945 to 1970.“Sven” at Nordic Names.
In 19th-century census records, the name was especially common in Rogaland.
Derived terms
nb Svensen patronymic surname meaning “son of Sven”
Statistics
In 2022, 4,176 men in Norway had nb Sven as their only given name or as the first of several given names.
References
Swedish
sv:
Etymology
sv non Sveinn; borne by three medieval kings of Denmark. Cognate with fo Sveinur, is Sveinn, da Svend, nn Svein, and en Sweyn. sv Soini.
Pronunciation
sv /svɛn/
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Sven.wav
sv ɛn 1
sv ɛnː 1
Proper noun
c
sv male Old Norse
Derived terms
(surname) sv Svensson
(surname) sv Svensdotter
References
Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, 91-21-10937-0
Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, 9119551622: 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
sv ensv vens