stuga
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en röd stuga med vita knutar
Swedish
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
- a cottage, a cabin (small house)
- (especially in compounds) a room or hall serving a specific purpose
Declension
| Declension of stuga | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | stuga | stugan | stugor | stugorna |
| Genitive | stugas | stugans | stugors | stugornas |
Derived terms
- backstuga
- badstuga
- bakstuga
- dagligstuga
- enkelstuga
- fattigstuga
- fjällstuga
- förstuga
- gillestuga
- grindstuga
- högloftsstuga
- kaffestuga
- kolonistuga
- lekstuga
- parstuga
- raststuga
- ryggåsstuga
- rådstuga
- rökstuga
- sjukstuga
- skrivstuga
- sockenstuga
- sommarstuga
- sportstuga
- storstuga
- stugby
- stugknut
- stugvärme
- timmerstuga
- tvättstuga
- valstuga
- värmestuga
References
- stuga in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- stuga in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- stuga in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)