stendød
See also: stendöd
Danish edit
Etymology edit
sten- (“quite, very”) + død (“dead”)
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
stendød
- (informal) stone dead (unquestionably dead)
Inflection edit
| Inflection of stendød | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| Indefinte common singular | stendød | — | —2 |
| Indefinite neuter singular | stendødt | — | —2 |
| Plural | stendøde | — | —2 |
| Definite attributive1 | stendøde | — | — |
| 1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. | |||
Synonyms edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From sten (“stone”) + død (“dead”).
Adjective edit
stendød (neuter stendødt, definite and plural stendøde)
- (informal) stone dead (unquestionably dead)
Usage notes edit
This spelling may be used in Riksmål, based on Danish (see the Danish entry above). The official Bokmål and Nynorsk spellings are steindød and steindaud. Stendød would certainly not be used in Nynorsk.