strå
Danish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse strá (“straw”). Compare Old English strēaw.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editstrå n (singular definite strået, plural indefinite strå)
Declension
editDeclension of strå
References
editNorwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse strá. Akin to English straw.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editstrå n (definite singular strået, indefinite plural strå, definite plural stråa)
- a straw, (a stalk of a cereal plant)
References
edit- “strå” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Swedish stra, from Old Norse strá, from Proto-Germanic *strawą. Related to English straw.
Noun
editstrå n
- a stalk of a grass or sedge (whether growing or dried)
- a straw (dried stalk of a cereal plant)
- Synonym: halmstrå
- a blade of grass (idiomatically if not technically – usually as grässtrå)
- På en gräsmatta finns det många grässtrån
- On a lawn, there are many blades of grass
- a straw (dried stalk of a cereal plant)
- a hair
- ett hårstrå
- a hair
- ett skäggstrå
- a hair from a beard
- några gråa strån
- a few gray hairs
- Synonym: hårstrå
Usage notes
editStraw in the collective sense is halm.
Declension
editDeclension of strå | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | strå | strået | strån | stråna |
Genitive | strås | stråets | stråns | strånas |
Declension of strå | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | strå | stråt | strån | stråna |
Genitive | strås | stråts | stråns | strånas |
Derived terms
editSee also
editReferences
edit- strå in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- strå in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- strå in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
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