strå
See also: Appendix:Variations of "stra"
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse strá (“straw”). Compare Old English strēaw.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /strɔː/, [sd̥ʁɔːˀ]
Noun
strå n (singular definite strået, plural indefinite strå)
Declension
| neuter gender |
singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | strå | strået | strå | stråene |
| genitive | strås | stråets | strås | stråenes |
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse strá. Akin to English straw.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stroː/
Noun
strå n (definite singular strået, indefinite plural strå, definite plural stråa)
- a straw, (a stalk of a cereal plant)
References
- “strå” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish stra, from Old Norse strá, from Proto-Germanic *strawą. Related to English straw.
Noun
strå 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
Straw in the collective sense is halm.
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | strå | strås |
| definite | strået | stråets | |
| plural | indefinite | strån | stråns |
| definite | stråna | strånas |
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | strå | strås |
| definite | stråt | stråts | |
| plural | indefinite | strån | stråns |
| definite | stråna | strånas |
Derived terms
See also
References
- strå in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- strå in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- strå in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)