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Kven

Kven proper noun: a language spoken by a few thousand people in Northern Norway. It is a variant of Finnish with a structure and grammar similar to Finnish, but the vocabulary considerably influenced by Norwegian.

Proper noun

Kven

  1. A language spoken by a few thousand people in Northern Norway. It is a variant of Finnish with a structure and grammar similar to Finnish, but the vocabulary considerably influenced by Norwegian.

Noun

Kven (plural Kvens)

  1. A person of Finnish descent living in North Norway.

Forms of Kven

pluralKvens

Origin of Kven

From Kven kvääni

Questions about Kven

What does Kven mean?
Kven means a language spoken by a few thousand people in Northern Norway. It is a variant of Finnish with a structure and grammar similar to Finnish, but the vocabulary considerably influenced by Norwegian.
What part of speech is Kven?
Kven can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Kven in the dictionary

  1. kvell
  2. kvelled
  3. kvelling
  4. kvells
  5. Kvemo Kartli
  6. Kven
  7. Kvenland
  8. Kvens
  9. Kvernvik
  10. kvetch
  11. kvetched

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