stinn
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish stinder. Cognate of Old Norse stinnr, Danish stind, Middle Low German stīde, Middle Dutch stīde, Old Frisian stīth, Old English stīþ, English stith (“strong; stiff; rigid”). Further origin beyond Germanic languages disputed. Arguably related to stone or Ancient Greek στενός (stenós, “narrow; tight”).
Adjective
Declension
| Inflection of stinn | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | stinn | stinnare | stinnast |
| Neuter singular | stint | stinnare | stinnast |
| Plural | stinna | stinnare | stinnast |
| Masculine plural3 | stinne | stinnare | stinnast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | stinne | stinnare | stinnaste |
| All | stinna | stinnare | stinnaste |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||
Derived terms
- hormonstinn
- mjölkstinn
- penningstinn
- testosteronstinn
References
- stinn in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- stinn in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- stinn in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- stinn in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
- stinder in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, del 2:1: M-T
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