stue

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse stofa, stufa, borrowed from Middle Low German stōve, stūve, Old Saxon *stova, *stuva, from Proto-West Germanic *stobu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stuːə/, [ˈsd̥uːu]

Noun

stue c (singular definite stuen, plural indefinite stuer)

1. living room
2. (in compounds) room
3. first floor, ground floor (the level of the building closest to the ground)

Declension

Declension of stue

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	stue	stuen	stuer	stuerne
genitive	stues	stuens	stuers	stuernes

Derived terms

• badstue
• barselsstue
• betjentstue
• dagligstue
• enestue
• fjensynsstue
• flersengsstue
• frokoststue
• fødestue
• havestue
• julestue
• jættestue
• kaffestue
• krostue
• legestue
• mindestue
• operationsstue
• opholdsstue
• opvågningsstue
• pejsestue
• skadestue
• skolestue
• spisestue
• stadsstue
• stuearrest
• stueetage
• stuegang
• stuegulv
• stuehus
• stuelejlighed
• stuepige
• stuetemperatur
• stueur
• stuevæg
• tegnestue
• vuggestue

 

References

• “stue” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Danish stue, from Old Norse stofa, stufa, borrowed from Middle Low German stōve, stūve, Old Saxon *stova, *stuva, from Proto-West Germanic *stobu.

Noun

stue f or m (definite singular stua or stuen, indefinite plural stuer, definite plural stuene)

1. living room
2. (archaic) small house
3. large bedroom in a hospital

Derived terms

• dagligstue
• finstue
• kjellerstue
• spisestue
• stuebord
• stuedør
• stuegris
• stuegulv
• stuemøbler
• stuepike
• stueplante
• stueren
• stuetemperatur
• stuevindu
• ølstue

 

Related terms

• oppholdsrom

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German stuwen, compare with Danish stuve.

Verb

stue (imperative stu, present tense stuer, passive stues, simple past and past participle stua or stuet, present participle stuende)

1. to stow (something)

Derived terms

• stuing

References

• “stue” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “stue” in The Ordnett Dictionary

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse stofa, stufa, borrowed from Middle Low German stōve, stūve, Old Saxon *stova, *stuva, from Proto-West Germanic *stobu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²stʉː.ə/

Noun

stue f (definite singular stua, indefinite plural stuer, definite plural stuene)

1. Alternative form of stove

Derived terms

• ølstue

Verb

stue (present tense stuar, past tense stua, past participle stua, passive infinitive stuast, present participle stuande, imperative stue/stu)

1. e-infinitive form of stua

References

• “stue” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “stue”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016

Venetian

Noun

stue

1. plural of stua