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Lake Vänern

Lake Vänern

6.5
A large lake in southwest Sweden that is the country's biggest
  • proper noun
: Lago Vänern
  • The city of Karlstad is situated on the northern shore of Lake Vänern.

Examples

  • Fishing is a popular activity on Lake Vänern, which is home to a variety of fish species.

  • I visited Lake Vänern last summer.

  • Many tourists visit Lake Vänern each year to enjoy its beautiful scenery.

  • Have you ever seen Lake Vänern in winter?

  • Many tourists visit Lake Vänern each year to enjoy its beautiful scenery.

  • The city of Karlstad is situated on the northern shore of Lake Vänern.

  • Fishing is a popular activity on Lake Vänern, which is home to a variety of fish species.

Synonyms

Vänern
vsLake Vänern
9.7

The largest lake in Sweden in the southwest of the country

is the same place but includes the generic word for the water body

Surface Forms

Lake Vänern main

Morphology

lake + Vänern

This is a straightforward compositional place name: 'lake' (a body of water) plus the proper name 'Vänern' signals a specific lake. A B1 learner who knows 'lake' will readily infer that Lake Vänern is the name of a particular lake even if the proper name itself is unfamiliar; the 'Lake + Name' pattern is cross-linguistically common and therefore transparent.

Etymology

The name Lake Vänern probably comes from old Swedish words meaning 'water' or 'wide', so Vänern originally described a very large lake. That's why the name simply points to Sweden's biggest lake.