kvist

From Old Norse kvistr.

kvist c (singular definite kvisten, plural indefinite kviste)

1. (botany) a twig
2. a stick (twig or small branch)
3. (architecture) a dormer

From Old Norse kvistr.

kvist m (definite singular kvisten, indefinite plural kvister, definite plural kvistene)

1. (botany) a twig
2. a stick (twig or small branch)
3. (architecture) a dormer

• ark (dormer)

• “kvist” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• kvest (dialectal)

From Old Norse kvistr.

kvist m (definite singular kvisten, indefinite plural kvister or kvistar, definite plural kvistene or kvistane)

1. (botany) a twig
2. a stick (twig or small branch)
3. (typography) twig, one of the side strokes of a rune; ogonek

kvist m (definite singular kvisten, indefinite plural kvistar, definite plural kvistane)

1. (architecture) a dormer

• ark (dormer)

• “kvist” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• qvist (archaic)

From Old Norse kvistr.

• IPA^(key): /kvɪst/

kvist c

1. (botany) a twig
2. a stick (twig or small branch)
3. (architecture) a dormer

• gren

• kvista

• på morgonkvisten

Both kvist (“twig”) and gren (“branch”) often appear in Swedish last names.

• kvist in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kvist in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kvist in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• vikts