strå

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse strá (“straw”). Compare Old English strēaw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /strɔː/,

Noun

strå n (singular definite strået, plural indefinite strå)

1. straw

Declension

References

• “strå” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “strå” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Norwegian Nynorsk

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strå

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

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)

1. 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

1. a stalk of a grass or sedge (whether growing or dried)
   1. a straw (dried stalk of a cereal plant)

      Synonym: halmstrå

   2. 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

2. 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

Derived terms

See also

• halm
• hår

References

• strå in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• strå in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• strå in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• står, tårs