stomme
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stomme
- inflection of stom:
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Etymology edit
From Old Swedish stomme, from Proto-Germanic *stōmô (“stature”), cognate with Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐍉𐌼𐌰 (stōma, “just cause”).
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- a frame, a structure ((internal, sturdy) core support structure, of a building, vehicle, vessel, or the like)
- Huset har en stomme av trä
- The house has a wooden frame
- (figuratively) a core, a backbone, etc. (core parts of something (supporting the rest))
- De tre kablarna utgör stommen i kommunikationsnätet
- The three cables constitute the backbone of the communication network
- Många spelare har bytt lag, men stommen i laget är kvar
- Many players have changed teams, but the core of the team remains
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Declension of stomme | ||||
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Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | stomme | stommen | stommar | stommarna |
Genitive | stommes | stommens | stommars | stommarnas |
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- stomme in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- stomme in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- stomme in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- stomme in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)