stinn

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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 Superlative2
Common singular stinn stinnare stinnast
Neuter singular stint stinnare stinnast
Plural stinna stinnare stinnast
Masculine plural3 stinne stinnare stinnast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 stinne stinnare stinnaste
All stinna stinnare stinnaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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