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evne

Pronunciation: /ɛvnə/

“evne” is a Danish word. Its 5 meanings in English:

noun

  1. ability
  2. power
  3. capacity

verb

  1. to be able to
  2. to be capable of

Etymology

From Old Norse efni n (“material, ressources, matter”), from Proto-Germanic *abniją, cognate with Swedish ämne (“subject”), doublet of emne (“subject”). Related to the verb.

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