šteta

See also: steta and -steta

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tъščeta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃtêta/
• Hyphenation: šte‧ta

Noun

štȅta f (Cyrillic spelling ште̏та)

1. damage, harm (abstract measure of something not being intact; harm)
2. pity (something regrettable)
3. waste (action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use)

Declension

Declension of šteta

	singular	plural
nominative	štȅta	štete
genitive	štete	štȇtā
dative	šteti	štetama
accusative	štetu	štete
vocative	šteto	štete
locative	šteti	štetama
instrumental	štetom	štetama

Derived terms

• štetan

Interjection

šteta

1. too bad

Further reading

• “šteta”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025