rör

See also: ror, roer, ROR, rór, and rør

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish rør, from Old Norse reyrr (whence also reyr).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /rœːr/
Rhymes: -œːr

Noun

rör n (genitive singular rörs, nominative plural rör)

pipe, tube
straw (to drink through)

Declension

declension of rör

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
n-s	singular		plural
nominative	rör	rörið	rör	rörin
accusative	rör	rörið	rör	rörin
dative	röri	rörinu	rörum	rörunum
genitive	rörs	rörsins	röra	röranna

Derived terms

púströr (“exhaust pipe”)

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From Old Swedish rør, from Old Norse reyrr.

Alternative forms

rö

Noun

rör n

a pipe (hollow tube), a tube
a reed, a cane, a straw (of some tall grasses, including sugar canes, rattan and bamboo)
italienskt rör
Arundo donax

spanskt rör
rattan
(music) a reed (on some woodwind instruments: clarinet, saxophone, oboe)
an ice skate (particularly in ice hockey and bandy)
Synonym: skridsko
(electronics) a vacuum tube

Declension

Declension of rör
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	rör	röret	rör	rören
Genitive	rörs	rörets	rörs	rörens

Derived terms

Idioms

(colloquial) raka rör (“direct, open and frank communication”, literally “straight pipes”)

See also

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

rör

inflection of röra:
1. imperative
2. present indicative

References

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