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

stinn (comparative stinnare, superlative stinnast)

  1. distended from being filled with something
  2. (figuratively) stuffed, crammed, replete
    Kassan är stinn
    The coffers are stuffed (we have a lot of money)

Declension

Inflection of stinn
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular stinn stinnare stinnast
neuter singular stint stinnare stinnast
plural stinna stinnare stinnast
masculine plural2 stinne stinnare stinnast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 stinne stinnare stinnaste
all stinna stinnare stinnaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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