prövosten

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Swedish

A touchstone with gold traces, and a blank.

Etymology

Compound of pröva (test) +‎ -o- +‎ sten (stone). Cognate of Danish prøvesten, German Prüfstein. First attested in 1536[1].

Noun

prövosten c

  1. touchstone
  2. (figuratively) touchstone
    • 2008 June 11, “När tv:n sätter relationen på prov [When the TV puts the relationship to the test]”, in Svenska Dagbladet:
      Som gjort för konflikter om den ena parten i en relation är mycket sportintresserad men inte den andra. Skulle dessutom julisemestern, en känd prövosten för många förhållanden, bli regnig och allmänt eländig väntar kanske en kärv höst.
      Perfectly set up for conflicts if one party in a relationship is very interested in sports but not the other. Should the July vacation, a well-known touchstone for many relationships, also turn rainy and generally miserable, a harsh autumn may lie ahead.

Declension

Declension of prövosten
nominative genitive
singular indefinite prövosten prövostens
definite prövostenen prövostenens
plural indefinite prövostenar prövostenars
definite prövostenarna prövostenarnas

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