stikprøve

Danish

Etymology

From stik (“prick, stab”) +‎ prøve (“test, sample”), a calque of the German Stichprobe (“sample, spot check”). Originally a probe from a melting furnace.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stekprøːvə/, [ˈsd̥eɡ̊ˌpʰʁ̥œ̞ːwə]

Noun

stikprøve c (singular definite stikprøven, plural indefinite stikprøver)

  1. spot test
  2. random sample
  3. spot check

Inflection

Declension of stikprøve
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative stikprøve stikprøven stikprøver stikprøverne
genitive stikprøves stikprøvens stikprøvers stikprøvernes

See also

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