UrsprungDerived from Old Norse genta, from gant (“joke, foolery”). Cognate with Norwegian jente.
- common-gendera girl (female child or young woman)
“[dialectal, Värmländska]
Å [och] jänta [jäntan], å [och] ja' [jag]
Å [och] jänta [jäntan], å [och] ja' [jag]
Allt [likely filler] ut på landavägen [landsvägen], å [och] ja' [jag]
Å [och] jänta [jäntan” — [And] my lass and me
[And] my lass and me
Out on the highway, and me
[And] my lass and me
[And] my lass and me
Out on the highway
There she met me on a morning so clear
And the sun [she / it] shone so
Formerjänta(indefinite, nominative, singular) · jäntas(genitive, indefinite, singular) · jäntan(definite, nominative, singular) · jäntans(definite, genitive, singular) · jäntor(indefinite, nominative, plural) · jäntors(genitive, indefinite, plural) · jäntorna(definite, nominative, plural) · jäntornas(definite, genitive, plural)