stuepige
Danish
Etymology
From stue (“room”) + pige (“girl, maid”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stuːəpiːə/, [ˈsd̥uːuˌpʰiːi]
Noun
stuepige c (singular definite stuepigen, plural indefinite stuepiger)
- maid, housemaid, housegirl (a younger woman cleaning and serving in a private household)
- chambermaid (a woman cleaning the rooms in a hotel)
Declension
| common gender |
singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | stuepige | stuepigen | stuepiger | stuepigerne |
| genitive | stuepiges | stuepigens | stuepigers | stuepigernes |