stuga

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Swedish

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en röd stuga med vita knutar

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Swedish stuva, stova, stugha, from Old Norse stofa, stufa, borrowed from Middle Low German stōve, stūve, Old Saxon *stova, *stuva, from Proto-West Germanic *stobu. Also related to Finnish tupa.

The change from v > g is due to a dialectal development from -β- > -w- > -ɣ- (g), compare ruva.

Pronunciation

Noun

stuga c

  1. a cottage, a cabin (small house)
    Jag gick in i stugan
    I went into the cottage
  2. (especially in compounds) a room or hall serving a specific purpose

Declension

Declension of stuga
nominative genitive
singular indefinite stuga stugas
definite stugan stugans
plural indefinite stugor stugors
definite stugorna stugornas

Derived terms

References

Wikious
Boobota
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