koster
Czech edit
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koster f
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch coster, from Old French costre, from Late Latin custor, from custōs.
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koster m (plural kosters, diminutive kostertje n)
- (Christianity) a churchwarden, a caretaker at a church, sacristan.
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Norwegian Bokmål edit
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koster m
- indefinite plural of kost
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koster
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Koster, also called Kosteröarna (the Koster islands), an archipelago in northern Bohuslän, known as the Koster Islands in English. The name is of uncertain origin, possibly Old Norse kostir (“eating place”), referring to bountiful fishing around the islands, from kostr (“choice, goods, food”).[1]
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koster c
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Declension of koster | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | koster | kostern | kostrar | kostrarna |
Genitive | kosters | kosterns | kostrars | kostrarnas |
References edit
- koster in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- koster in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- koster in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- ^ ”Koster - Naturreservat i Kosterhavet”. Länsstyrelsen Västra Götalands län. 15 december 2010