sjö
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Icelandic[edit]
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Cardinal : sjö Ordinal : sjöundi | ||
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse sjau, from Proto-Germanic *sebun, from earlier *sebunt, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥.
Pronunciation[edit]
Numeral[edit]
sjö
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
- sjöa (noun)
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Swedish siœr, from Old Norse sær, from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ɧøː/, (Central Sweden) [-øə̯]
- (South Sweden, common in Central Sweden) IPA(key): [ˈx̞ʷ-]
- (common in North Sweden, variant in Central Sweden) IPA(key): [ˈʂ-]
Audio [ˈʂøə̯] (file)
- Rhymes: -øː
Noun[edit]
sjö c
- a lake
- en sjö vid en stuga
- a lake by a cottage
- Vi ska gå och bada i sjön
- We are going for a swim in the lake
- Jason Voorhees är fastkedjad på botten av sjön
- Jason Voorhees is chained to the bottom of the lake
- the sea or any large body of water, especially in compounds, such as sjöfart, sjöman, sjösäker, and in some expressions, like "till sjöss" and "ute på sjön"
- Han gick till sjöss
- He went to sea (became a sailor)
- Sjön går hög
- The sea is rough
- a sea (archaic)
- a wave
- En stor sjö slog sönder styrhyttens fönster+
- A large wave broke the windows of the wheelhouse
Declension[edit]
Declension of sjö | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | sjö | sjön | sjöar | sjöarna |
Genitive | sjös | sjöns | sjöars | sjöarnas |
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- sjö in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- sjö in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- sjö in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- [1] in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “sea”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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- Rhymes:Swedish/øː
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- sv:Bodies of water
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