vindstilla

Swedish

Etymology

vind (wind) + stilla (still)

Adjective

vindstilla

  1. windless, calm ((currently) without wind)
    Synonym: (uncommon) vindlös
    Det är vindstilla ute idag
    There is no wind outside today ("It is windstill outside today")
    en vindstilla fjärd
    a calm / (currently) windless bay
    • 1932, Evert Taube (lyrics and music), “Calle Schewens vals [Calle Schewen's waltz]”:
      Då vilar min blommande ö vid din barm, du dunkelblå, vindstilla fjärd.
      Then my blossoming island rests on your bosom, you dark blue, still archipelago/bay.

Inflection

Inflection of vindstilla
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular vindstilla
Neuter singular vindstilla
Plural vindstilla
Masculine plural3 vindstilla
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 vindstilla
All vindstilla
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

Noun

vindstilla c

  1. windlessness, lack of wind, calm, still air
    Synonym: stiltje

Declension

Declension of vindstilla 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative vindstilla vindstillan vindstillor vindstillorna
Genitive vindstillas vindstillans vindstillors vindstillornas

See also

References

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