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Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse stofa, stufa, borrowed from Middle Low German stōve, stūve, Old Saxon *stova, *stuva, from Proto-West Germanic *stobu.
Pronunciation
Noun
stue c (singular definite stuen, plural indefinite stuer)
- living room
- (in compounds) room
- first floor, ground floor (the level of the building closest to the ground)
Declension
Derived terms
References
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Danish stue, from Old Norse stofa, stufa, borrowed from Middle Low German stōve, stūve, Old Saxon *stova, *stuva, from Proto-West Germanic *stobu.
Noun
stue f or m (definite singular stua or stuen, indefinite plural stuer, definite plural stuene)
- living room
- (archaic) small house
- large bedroom in a hospital
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Middle Low German stuwen, compare with Danish stuve.
Verb
stue (imperative stu, present tense stuer, passive stues, simple past and past participle stua or stuet, present participle stuende)
- to stow (something)
Derived terms
References
- “stue” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “stue” in The Ordnett Dictionary
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse stofa, stufa, borrowed from Middle Low German stōve, stūve, Old Saxon *stova, *stuva, from Proto-West Germanic *stobu.
Pronunciation
Noun
stue f (definite singular stua, indefinite plural stuer, definite plural stuene)
- Alternative form of stove
Derived terms
Verb
stue (present tense stuar, past tense stua, past participle stua, passive infinitive stuast, present participle stuande, imperative stue/stu)
- e-infinitive form of stua
References
- “stue” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- “stue”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
Venetan
Noun
stue
- plural of stua