tumstock

Swedish

Etymology

tum (“inch”) +‎ stock

Noun

tumstock c

a foldable ruler (commonly one or two meters long and graduated in both inches and centimeters)

Declension

Declension of tumstock
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	tumstock	tumstocken	tumstockar	tumstockarna
Genitive	tumstocks	tumstockens	tumstockars	tumstockarnas

See also

måttstock (“meter stick, yardstick”)

References

tumstock in Svensk ordbok (SO)
tumstock in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
tumstock in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

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