stjärt

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Swedish

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en sädesärla som vipparstjärten (a wagtail wagging its tail )

Etymology

From Old Swedish stiærter, stærter, from Old Norse stertr, from Proto-Germanic *stertaz.

Pronunciation

Noun

stjärt c

  1. (somewhat colloquial) a bottom, a behind, a butt
    • 1994, Per Johan Widestrand (lyrics and music), “Älskade ängel [Darling angel]”, performed by Lill-Babs:
      Hur kan en enda människa få allt och ännu mer? Allt manligt, muskligt är på plats, det är fantastiskt, det man ser. Och musklerna i din fasta stjärt får mitt blod att strömma till. Ditt hår är vilt som ett pinat hav, jag kan inte sitta still. Det måste varit dig Gud tänkte på när han skapade sin man, för det finns inte någonting som du inte kan.
      How can a single person get everything and more? Everything manly, muscly is in place, it is amazing, what you see. And the muscles in your firm butt get my blood flowing . Your hair is wild like a tormented sea, I can't sit still. It must have been you God thought of when he created his man, because there is nothing that you can't do .
  2. a tail of certain animals, primarily birds, fish, insects and reptiles (tail of a non-mammal or that does not look like a typical mammal's tail (dolphins have a stjärt), roughly)
    fågelns stjärt
    the bird's tail
    kräftstjärtar
    crayfish tails (as food)
    1. (by extension) a tail of some similar objects, for example an airplane

Usage notes

  • Bit less cutesy-sounding compared to rumpa.
  • For a non-mammal with a tail reminiscent of a typical mammal's tail (for example a crocodile or scorpion), svans (typical mammalian tail) and stjärt are often used interchangeably.
  • Saying "fågelns svans" (the bird's tail) brings up the mental image of a bird having something like a cat's tail.

Declension

Declension of stjärt 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative stjärt stjärten stjärtar stjärtarna
Genitive stjärts stjärtens stjärtars stjärtarnas

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