stolt
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse stoltr, from Proto-Germanic *stultaz. Doublet of stovt.
Adjective edit
stolt (neuter stolt, plural and definite singular attributive stolte, comparative stoltere, superlative (predicative) stoltest, superlative (attributive) stolteste)
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Verb edit
stolt
- inflection of stollen:
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology 1 edit
From German Low German stolt and Old Norse stoltr, stolz.
Adjective edit
stolt (neuter singular stolt, definite singular and plural stolte, comparative stoltere, indefinite superlative stoltest, definite superlative stolteste)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
stolt
- past participle of stole
References edit
- “stolt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology 1 edit
From German Low German stolt and Old Norse stoltr, stolz.
Adjective edit
stolt (neuter singular stolt, definite singular and plural stolte, comparative stoltare, indefinite superlative stoltast, definite superlative stoltaste)
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Participle edit
stolt
- past participle of stola
References edit
- “stolt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Swedish stolter (“majestic, beautiful, fine, proud”), from Old Norse stoltr, from Proto-Germanic *stultaz.
See also Danish stolt, Middle Low German stolt, Middle High German and present German stolz.
Pronunciation edit
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Adjective edit
stolt
- proud
- Jag är stolt över dig
- I'm proud of you
- stolt som en tupp
- proud as a cock
- Sedan kommer matadoren, den stoltaste av dem alla
- Then comes the matador, the proudest of them all
Declension edit
Inflection of stolt | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | stolt | stoltare | stoltast |
Neuter singular | stolt | stoltare | stoltast |
Plural | stolta | stoltare | stoltast |
Masculine plural3 | stolte | stoltare | stoltast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | stolte | stoltare | stoltaste |
All | stolta | stoltare | stoltaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
Related terms edit
Adverb edit
stolt
See also edit
- högmodig (“proud, arrogant”) (proud in a more intrinsically negative sense)
References edit
- stolt in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
Further reading edit
- stolt in Svensk ordbok.
- stolt in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)