Swedish preposition· top 5,000 most common

von

of; only used in surnames of nobility/fɔn/

Meaning

of; only used in surnames of nobility

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What does von mean?

von in a sentence

Carl von Linné
Carl Linnaeus

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What does von mean in English?

von means “of; only used in surnames of nobility”.

Origin

Borrowed from German von.

Nearby common words

von is number 3,291 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

3,287my The Greek letter μ (mu)
3,288brydd perplexed
3,289utsökt exquisite
3,290stackare wretch, poor creature
3,292uppror revolt
3,293fläck spot
3,294därborta over there
3,295försörja provide for, support

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary