gästgiveri

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From gästgivare +‎ -eri. Cognate to Danish gæstgiveri and German Gastgeberei.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jæɧɪvɛˈriː/
  • (spelling pronunciation) IPA(key): /jæstjiːvɛˈriː/, /jæstjɪvɛˈriː/

Noun

gästgiveri n

  1. (dated) inn
    Synonym: gästgivargård

Usage notes

  • Gästgiveri and its related words are together with västgöte and östgöte (and their derivations) the only words where the spelling ⟨stg⟩ represents the phoneme /ɧ/.

Declension

Declension of gästgiveri
nominative genitive
singular indefinite gästgiveri gästgiveris
definite gästgiveriet gästgiveriets
plural indefinite gästgiverier gästgiveriers
definite gästgiverierna gästgiveriernas

References

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