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Jaan
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Appendix:Variations of "jaan"
Central Franconian
Alternative forms
gmw-cfr Gar Gare Gor Gore Moselle Franconian
gmw-cfr Jar Ripuarian rare
Etymology
gmw-cfr gmw-pro gem-pro 2
From gmw-cfr gmh garn, from gmw-cfr goh garn.
Pronunciation
gmw-cfr /jaːn/
Noun
gmw-cfr noun n gmw-cfr singulare tantum
yarn
gmw-cfr 1910 1985 Et Stina muss ’ne Mann han de Willi Ostermann Emil Palm Bläck Fööss https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fkCRMpSYkA Och weil dat Stina us däm Jaan, Frau Dänz sich Sorje maht. Un eines Daachs met ihrem Mann Frau Dänz sich ens üvverlat... Precisely because Stina is made of that yarn, Mrs Dänz is worrying. And one day with her husband Mrs Dänz had that thought...
Estonian
Etymology
Medieval vernacular form of et Johannes John.
Proper noun
et proper noun
et male
Derived terms
et jaanipäev
et Jaanson