röst

See also: Rost, Røst, roest, rost, róst, and ròst

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse raust, ultimately from a Proto-Germanic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH- (“to flow, boil, stream, move”).[1] Related to Proto-Germanic *runsiz (“river”). Cognate with Danish røst.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rœst/
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Noun

röst c

  1. voice (sound uttered by the mouth, especially that uttered by human beings in speech or song)
  2. vote

Declension

Declension of röst
nominative genitive
singular indefinite röst rösts
definite rösten röstens
plural indefinite röster rösters
definite rösterna rösternas

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “922”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 922

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