vanta

From French vantard.

vanta

1. braggart; boaster

vanta

1. only used in es vanta, third-person singular present indicative of vantar-se
2. only used in vanta't, second-person singular imperative of vantar-se

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• IPA^(key): [ˈvanta]
• Rhymes: -anta
• Hyphenation: van‧ta

vanta (accusative singular vantan, plural vantaj, accusative plural vantajn)

1. frivolous
2. conceited, vain

• vana

Inherited from Old Norse vanta.

• Homophones: vantað, vænta, væntað

vanta (third person singular past indicative vantaði, third person plural past indicative vantað, supine vantað)

1. to lack
2. to want, need (be without, fall short)

mær vantar - I need

Conjugation of vanta (group v-30)
infinitive	vanta
supine	vantað
participle (a6)1	vantandi	vantaður
	present	past
first singular	vanti	vantaði
second singular	vantar	vantaði
third singular	vantar	vantaði
plural	vanta	vantaðu
	imperative
singular	vanta!
plural	vantið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

vanta

1. third-person singular past historic of vanter

• avant

From Old Norse vanta.

vanta

1. (impersonal) to lack (usually translates "to need" or "to miss")

   Mig vantar einhvern að kenna mér.

   I need someone to teach me.

2. to want (be without, fall short)

• mig vantar

• vatna

vanta

1. inflection of vantare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• vante

From Old Norse vanta, from Proto-Germanic *wanatōną.

• IPA^(key): /²ʋɑn.tɑ/

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

1. to lack
2. be wrong with; have an issue

• (lack): sakna, mangla
• (have an issue): feila

• “vanta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *wanatōną.

vanta

1. (impersonal with accusative) to be a lack of

   vantar vatni ― there is a lack of water

• Icelandic: vanta
• Faroese: vanta
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vanta, vante
• Norwegian Bokmål: vante
• Old Swedish: vanta
• Old Danish: vante
  • Danish: vante
• → Middle English: wanten, wanton, wantten
  • English: want
  • Scots: want
  • Yola: waant

• vanta in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

From Old Norse vanta, from Proto-Germanic *wanatōną.

vanta

1. to be lacking

From German Wand.

vanta

1. wall

• “vanta” in Norwegian Romani Dictionary.
• “vanta” in Tavringens Rakripa: Romanifolkets Ordbok, Landsorganisasjonen for Romanifolket.