vann

Pronunciation: /ʋanː/

“vann” is a Norwegian Bokmål word. Its 20 meanings in English:

noun

water; the chemical compound H₂O, especially as a clear, colourless and odourless liquid
water resulting from rain, melting, spilling or a similar process
water which enters, leaks into or is kept out of something
a natural body of water or expanse of water, such as a sea, fjord, river or lake
the quantity, level or depth of water in a river, lake, sea or similar body of water
waters; a large expanse or mass of water
danger, distress or overwhelming adversity
water moving in an underground course, current, stream or wave
flowing or flooding masses of water; floodwaters
the surface of a body of water
a body of fresh water surrounded by land; a lake, especially a relatively small one
fresh water obtained from a well, pump, pipe or public water supply
a piped water supply or connection
water used for washing, bathing or cleaning
a quantity or change of washing water
water regarded as cleansing, consecrating or life-giving, especially in baptism
fresh water used for drinking by people or animals, or for watering plants
water used in preparing food or drink
an insipid or heavily diluted drink
a speech, article, performance or other work lacking substance or content

Etymology

Inherited from Danish vand (“water”), from Old Danish watn (“water”), also attested as wadn and wand, corresponding to Old Norse vatn (“water”), from Proto-Germanic *watōr (“water”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ (“water”), from the root *wed- (“water; wet”). The alternative form vatn (“water”) more directly continues Old Norse vatn in Norwegian. The compound-initial form vass-…

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