stuga
Swedish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Swedish stuva, stova, stugha, from Old Norse stofa, stufa, borrowed from Middle Low German stōve, stūve, Old Saxon *stova, *stuva, from Proto-West Germanic *stobu. Cognate with English stove. Also related to Finnish tupa.
The change from v > g is due to a dialectal development from -β- > -w- > -ɣ- (g), compare ruva.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²stʉ̟ːɡa/
- Rhymes: -²ʉːɡa
Noun
stuga c
- a cottage, a cabin (small (wooden) house (in the countryside))
- en stuga på landet
- a cottage in the countryside
- Jag gick in i stugan
- I went into the cottage
- (especially in compounds) a room or hall serving a specific purpose
- (dialectal or obsolete) a heated room; a stove
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | stuga | stugas |
| definite | stugan | stugans | |
| plural | indefinite | stugor | stugors |
| definite | stugorna | stugornas |
Derived terms
- backstuga
- badstuga
- bakstuga
- bastu
- dagligstuga
- enkelstuga
- fattigstuga
- fjällstuga
- förstuga
- gillestuga
- grindstuga
- högloftsstuga
- kaffestuga
- kolonistuga
- lekstuga
- parstuga
- raststuga
- ryggåsstuga
- rådstuga
- rökstuga
- sjukstuga
- skrivstuga
- sockenstuga
- sommarstuga
- sportstuga
- storstuga
- stugby
- stugknut
- stugvärme
- timmerstuga
- tvättstuga
- valstuga
- värmestuga
References
- stuga in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- stuga in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- stuga in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
- Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket