stöt

See also: stot, stoet, and Stot

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /støːt/
  • Rhymes: -øːt

Etymology 1

From Old Norse steytr, from Proto-Germanic *stautiz.

The phonological sense is a semantic loan from Danish stød. Said Danish word has also been borrowed directly, making stöt a doublet of stød in Swedish.

Noun

stöt c

  1. a sharp impact (or the resulting shock through something); an impact, a shock, a jolt, a bump, a knock, etc.
    Aktas för stötar
    Protect from impact[s] (on a package label or the like)
    1. a shot (in cue sports)
      Krita köspetsen före varje stöt
      Chalk the cue tip before each shot
      tidernas mest otroliga biljardstöt
      the most incredible pool shot of all time
  2. a thrust, a lunge (with something)
    en stöt med svärdet
    a thrust with the sword
  3. a shock, a jolt (electric shock)
    Synonyms: (medical) elchock, (colloquial) kyss
    Jag fick en stöt när jag tog i dörrhandtaget
    I got an electric shock when I touched the doorknob
  4. a blast, a blow (sudden, strong blow, on a trumpet, horn, or the like)
    en trumpetstöt hördes
    a trumpet blast was heard
    Hyponyms: basunstöt, hornstöt, trumpetstöt
  5. a blast (wind blast)
    en vindstöt
    a wind blast
  6. (colloquial, in some expressions) a move (romantic pass)
    lägga in en stöt på någon
    make [put in] a move on someone
  7. (colloquial) a heist, a job (burglary)
    den stora diamantstöten
    the great diamond heist
  8. a tool used for crushing (by pounding)
    mortel och mortelstöt
    mortar and pestle
    potatisstöt
    potato masher
  9. (weightlifting) clean and jerk
  10. (athletics) a throw, a put (in shot put (kulstötning))
  11. (dated) a large surface opening to a mine, a portal
  12. (colloquial) a codger ((mildly eccentric) older man)
    en gammal stöt
    an old codger
  13. (phonology) stød
    Synonyms: stød, stötljud
Declension
Declension of stöt
nominative genitive
singular indefinite stöt stöts
definite stöten stötens
plural indefinite stötar stötars
definite stötarna stötarnas
Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2

Verb

stöt

  1. imperative of stöta

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