vante

See also: vanté and vaňte

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Danish wantæ, from Old Norse vǫttr.

Noun

vante c (definite singular vanten, indefinite plural vanter, definite plural vanterne)

1. a mitten (type of glove)

Declension

Declension of vante

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vante	vanten	vanter	vanterne
genitive	vantes	vantens	vanters	vanternes

Related terms

• handske

Descendants

• Norwegian Bokmål: vante
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: vante

Etymology 2

From Old Danish wantæ, vantæ, from Old Norse vanta. Cognate with English want.

Verb

vante (imperative vant, infinitive at vante, present tense vanter, past tense vantede, perfect tense vantet)

1. (impersonal, archaic) to lack

   Synonym: mangle

Conjugation

Conjugation of vante

active passive infinitive vante vantes present vanter vantes past vantede vantedes imperative vant — participle present vantende past (have / havde) vantet gerund vanten

Adjective

vante

1. definite singular/plural of vant

References

• “vante” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Verb

vante

1. inflection of vanter:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• Avent, navet, venta

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Danish vante, from Old Norse vantr.

Noun

vante m (definite singular vanten, indefinite plural vanter, definite plural vantene)

1. a glove (item of clothing)

Related terms

• hanske
• vott

Descendants

• → Norwegian Nynorsk: vante

Etymology 2

Adjective

vante

1. definite singular/plural of vant

References

• “vante” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian Bokmål vante, from Danish vante, from Old Norse vantr. Doublet of vott.

Noun

vante m (definite singular vanten, indefinite plural vantar, definite plural vantane)

1. a glove

   Synonym: hanske

Verb

vante (present tense vantar, past tense vanta, past participle vanta, passive infinitive vantast, present participle vantande, imperative vante/vant)

1. alternative form of vanta

References

• “vante” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish wante, from Old Norse vǫttr, from Proto-Germanic *wantuz, from Proto-Indo-European *wondʰnú- (“glove”), from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to wind, wrap”).

See also Dutch want (mitten)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²van.tɛ/

Noun

vante c

1. a (usually knitted or made of cloth) garment worn on the hands for warmth (or to protect against heat, in the case of an oven mitt)
   1. a mitten (tumvante)
   2. a glove (fingervante)
   3. an oven mitt, an oven glove (grillvante (for grilling) or grytvante (generally))

Usage notes

A glove made from sturdier material like leather (or rubber or the like) is a handske.

Declension

Declension of vante

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	vante	vantes
	definite	vanten	vantens
plural	indefinite	vantar	vantars
	definite	vantarna	vantarnas

Derived terms

• fingervante
• flyga som en vante (“be thrown around like a rag doll”)
• grillvante
• grytvante
• lovikkavante
• lägga vantarna på något (“get one's hands on something”)
• slå vantarna i bordet (“go bankrupt”)
• tumvante

See also

• handske

References

• “vante”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “vante”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “vante”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• navet