stoft

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German stȫven, from Old Saxon *stiovan, from Proto-West Germanic *staubijan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stɔft/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

stoft n

1. dust, powder
2. (euphemistic) remains (the body of a dead person)

Declension

Declension of stoft
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	stoft	stoftet	—	—
Genitive	stofts	stoftets	—	—

Further reading

• stoft in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• stoft in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)