bastu

• badstu (alternative spelling)

A clipping of Old Norse baðstofu (oblique case of baðstofa) with metaphony. Compare badstugu.

bastu f (definite singular bastua or basto, indefinite plural bastuer or bastur, definite plural bastuene or badstune)

1. (dialectal) alternative form of badstove (“sauna”)

A clipping of (probably) Old Swedish badstuwu, from earlier baþstova, equivalent to bad +‎ stuga (cognate with English bath + stove). Compare inherited badstuga.

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bastu c

1. a sauna (room for heat sessions)

   bygga bastu på tomten

   build a sauna on the property

2. (in some expressions) a sauna (sauna session)

   Synonym: bastubad

   ta en bastu efter jobbet

   take a sauna after work (can also be expressed as "bada bastu efter jobbet" or "basta efter jobbet")

Nouns ending with unstressed (short) -u are rare in Swedish and most of them are loanwords, and the plural form -r given by normative dictionaries feels unnatural to many speakers. For this reason, alternative plural forms like bastuar may be found.

• bada bastu
• bastuaggregat
• bastubad
• bastukvast

• basta

• duscha
• het
• lövruska
• svett
• svettas
• svettig
• varm

• bastu in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• bastu in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• bastu in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Gunlög Josefsson (2018) “Avokadosar och kepsar – ett epentetiskt s med olika funktioner [Avokadosar and kepsar – an epenthetic s with many functions]”, in Språk & stil‎^[1], volume NF 28, Uppsala: Uppsala University, →ISSN, pages 5-21