ån

Etymology

From Latin annus (“year”) (compare Romanian an), from Proto-Italic *atnos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂et-nos, probably from *h₂et- (“to go”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɔn]

Noun

ån m (definite singular ånu)

1. year

Alternative forms

• een (Föhr-Amrum)
• jen (Sylt)

Etymology

From Old Frisian ēn.

Pronunciation

• (Mooring) IPA^(key): [ɔn]

Numeral

ån m (feminine and neuter iinj)

1. (Mooring) one

Etymology

From Old Norse á, from Proto-Germanic *ahwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂. The -n is probably from the definite form derived from Old Norse accusative singular ána.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oːn/

Noun

ån f

1. (dialectal, Valdresmål, Hallingmål, Nissedal and Egdemål) alternative form of å (“river, stream”)
   • 1993, John Hemsing, “Stupul'n”, in Heimatt, Fagernes: Valdres forlag, page 22:

     Fjellorgele bruse me' bekkji o æna sine eigne korala […]

     The mountain organ roars with the chorales of creeks and rivers […]

   • 1985, Knut Hermundstad, Truer om dyr, page 19:

     Dei sa at når Store-Viken kom til ei ån med so smal klopp at hesten ikkje kunde gå ho, tok Stoke-Viken hesten på akslene og bar han over.

     They said that when big Viken came to a stream with such a narrow bridge that the horse could not walk it, then [he] took the horse on his shoulders and carried it over.

References

• “ån”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016

Noun

ån

1. definite singular of å

Anagrams

• nå