Schwan

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Schwan. === Proper noun === Schwan (plural Schwans) A surname from German. ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Schwan is the 14545th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2049 individuals. Schwan is most common among White (95.61%) individuals. === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Schwan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN. == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German swan, from Old High German swan, from Proto-West Germanic *swan, from Proto-Germanic *swanaz (“swan”), from Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- (“to sound, resound”). Compare Low German Swaan, Dutch zwaan, English swan, Swedish svan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃvaːn/, [ʃʋäːn] Rhymes: -aːn === Noun === Schwan m (strong or mixed, genitive Schwans or Schwanes, plural Schwäne or (archaic) Schwanen, diminutive Schwänchen n or Schwänlein n, feminine Schwänin) swan (astronomy) the constellation Cygnus ==== Usage notes ==== The normal plural is Schwäne; the form Schwanen is archaic. ==== Declension ==== ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Lower Sorbian: šwon → Luxembourgish: Schwan === See also === schwanen === Further reading === “Schwan” in Duden online “Schwan”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) == Luxembourgish == === Alternative forms === Schwunn (archaic) === Etymology === Alteration of the inherited Schwunn after German Schwan, both from Middle High German and Old High German swan, from Proto-West Germanic *swan, from Proto-Germanic *swanaz, from Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- (“to sound, resound”). Cognate with Dutch zwaan, English swan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃwaːn/ === Noun === Schwan m (plural Schwanen) swan