skorsten

Swedish

Etymology

From Low German Schornstein, compound of schore (“support”) (ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *skeran (“to cut”)) and Stein (“rock”) (from Middle Low German sten).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²skɔʂteːn/

Noun

skorsten c

1. a chimney (vertical tube or hollow column; a flue)

Declension

Declension of skorsten
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	skorsten	skorstenen	skorstenar	skorstenarna
Genitive	skorstens	skorstenens	skorstenars	skorstenarnas

See also

• sotare (“chimney sweep”)

References

• skorsten in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• skorsten in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• sektorns, storkens, torskens