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

Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

rör n (genitive singular rörs, nominative plural rör)

  1. pipe, tube
  2. straw (to drink through)

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Swedish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Swedish rør, from Old Norse reyrr.

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

rör n

  1. a pipe (hollow tube), a tube
  2. a reed, a cane, a straw (of some tall grasses, including sugar canes, rattan and bamboo)
    italienskt rör
    Arundo donax
    spanskt rör
    rattan
  3. (music) a reed (on some woodwind instruments: clarinet, saxophone, oboe)
  4. an ice skate (particularly in ice hockey and bandy)
    Synonym: skridsko
  5. (electronics) a vacuum tube
Declension edit
Declension of rör 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative rör röret rör rören
Genitive rörs rörets rörs rörens
Derived terms edit
Idioms edit
  • (colloquial) raka rör (direct, open and frank communication, literally straight pipes)
See also edit

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

rör

  1. inflection of röra:
    1. imperative
    2. present indicative

References edit