säte
See also: Appendix:Variations of "sate"
German
Pronunciation
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Verb
säte
- inflection of säen:
- first/third-person singular preterite
- first/third-person singular subjunctive II
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse sæti, from Proto-Germanic *sētiją.
Pronunciation
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Noun
säte n
- a seat
- a place to sit, especially in a vehicle
- where someone or something is based
- Företaget har sitt säte i Jokkmokk, med butiker runt om i landet
- The company is based in ("has its seat in") Jokkmokk, with shops around the country
- (rare) the part of an object or individual (usually the buttocks) directly involved in sitting
- (rare) the part of a piece of clothing (usually pants or trousers) covering the buttocks
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | säte | sätes |
| definite | sätet | sätets | |
| plural | indefinite | säten | sätens |
| definite | sätena | sätenas |
Derived terms
- herresäte
- sätesmuskel (“gluteal muscle, glute”)
See also
References
- säte in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- säte in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- säte in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- Fula Ordboken