stue

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse stofa, stufa, borrowed from Middle Low German stōve, stūve, Old Saxon *stova, *stuva, from Proto-West Germanic *stobu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stuːə/, [ˈsd̥uːu]

Noun

stue c (singular definite stuen, plural indefinite stuer)

  1. living room
  2. (in compounds) room
  3. 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)

  1. living room
  2. (archaic) small house
  3. 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)

  1. 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

  • IPA(key): /²stʉː.ə/

Noun

stue f (definite singular stua, indefinite plural stuer, definite plural stuene)

  1. 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)

  1. 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

Venetian

Noun

stue

  1. plural of stua
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