kalv

From Old Norse kalfr (“calf”), from Proto-Germanic *kalbaz, cognate with Norwegian, Swedish kalv, Dutch kalf, German Kalb, and English calf.

• IPA^(key): /kalˀv/, [ˈkʰalˀʋ], [ˈkʰalˀ]

kalv c (singular definite kalven, plural indefinite kalve)

1. calf (a young cow or bull, also used of some other large animals, e.g., the offspring of a deer, whale, elephant, or rhinoceros)
2. (uncountable) veal (calf meat)
3. A small island neighbouring a bigger island.

 

From Old Norse kalfr (“calf”), from Proto-Germanic *kalbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷolbʰo- (“womb, animal young”). Compare Danish and Swedish kalv, Icelandic kálfur, Dutch kalf, German Kalb, English calf.

kalv m (definite singular kalven, indefinite plural kalver, definite plural kalvene)

1. calf (a young cow or bull)
2. A small island, glacier or lake beside a larger one.
3. An entrance to a salmon trap or the like.

• “kalv” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse kalfr (“calf”), from Proto-Germanic *kalbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷolbʰo- (“womb, animal young”). Compare Swedish and Danish kalv, Icelandic kálfur, Dutch kalf, German Kalb, English calf.

kalv m (definite singular kalven, indefinite plural kalvar, definite plural kalvane)

1. calf (a young cow or bull)
2. A small island, glacier or lake beside a larger one.
3. An entrance to a salmon trap or the like.

• “kalv” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

 

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• kalf (obsolete)

From Old Swedish kalver, from Old Norse kalfr (“calf”), from Proto-Germanic *kalbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷolbʰo- (“womb, animal young”). Compare Norwegian and Danish kalv, Icelandic kálfur, Dutch kalf, German Kalb, English calf.

kalv c

1. a calf (young cow or bull)
2. veal

   Synonym: kalvkött

3. (figuratively) a smaller (geographical) feature next to a larger one, often of a cape or a smaller island next to a larger one or the like, especially in names

• kalv in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kalv in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kalv in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• valk