Wiktionary

strå

See also: straa, strá, -stra, stra-, stră-, and stra

Danish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse strá (“straw”). Compare Old English strēaw.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /strɔː/, [sd̥ʁɔːˀ]

Noun edit

strå n (singular definite strået, plural indefinite strå)

  1. straw

Declension edit

Declension of strå
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative strå strået strå stråene
genitive strås stråets strås stråenes

References edit

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

 
Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology edit

From Old Norse strá. Akin to English straw.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

strå n (definite singular strået, indefinite plural strå, definite plural stråa)

  1. a straw, (a stalk of a cereal plant)

References edit

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Swedish stra, from Old Norse strá, from Proto-Germanic *strawą. Related to English straw.

Noun edit

strå n

  1. a stalk of a grass or sedge (whether growing or dried)
    1. a straw (dried stalk of a cereal plant)
      Synonym: halmstrå
    2. 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
  2. a hair
    ett hårstrå
    a hair
    ett skäggstrå
    a hair from a beard
    några gråa strån
    a few gray hairs
    Synonym: hårstrå

Usage notes edit

Straw in the collective sense is halm.

Declension edit

Declension of strå 
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

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