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take a sauna after work (can also be expressed as "bada bastu efter jobbet" or "basta efter jobbet")
Usage notes
Nouns ending with unstressed (short) -u are rare in Swedish and most of them are loanwords, and the plural form -r given by normative dictionaries feels unnatural to many speakers. For this reason, alternative plural forms like bastuar may be found.
Gunlög Josefsson (2018) “Avokadosar och kepsar – ett epentetiskt s med olika funktioner [Avokadosar and kepsar – an epenthetic s with many functions]”, in Språk & stil, volume NF 28, Uppsala: Uppsala University, →ISSN, pages 5-21
