stoft
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German stȫven, from Old Saxon *stiovan, from Proto-West Germanic *staubijan.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
stoft n
- dust, powder
- (euphemistic) remains (the body of a dead person)
Declension edit
| Declension of stoft | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | stoft | stoftet | — | — |
| Genitive | stofts | stoftets | — | — |
Further reading edit
- stoft in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- stoft in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)