stängsel

stänga +‎ -sel. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk stengsel.

stängsel n

1. a fence (now most commonly a chain-link or other wire fence, especially one that is tall or otherwise non-trivial to traverse)

   Rymlingarna klättrade över taggtrådsstängslet

   The escapees climbed the barbed wire fence

In contemporary Swedish, a stängsel is most commonly a chain-link or other wire fence, especially one that is non-trivial to traverse, while other fences are staket or plank. A staket is usually made of wood, but can also be for example a wrought-iron fence (smidesstaket). A staket is often found around a residential property, while a stängsel is often used as a barrier elsewhere. A more classical or technical distinction might be that a stängsel forms an enclosure (compare stänga (“close”)), often for animals, while a staket often serves more to mark a boundary. For many native speakers, the intuition is now likely more about the construction of the fence.

• stängselstolpe

• plank
• staket

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