styre

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /styːrə/, [ˈsd̥yːɐ]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse stýri (rudder, helm), from Proto-Germanic *stiuriją, cognate with German Steuer n, Dutch stuur n. Doublet of styr.

Noun

styre n (singular definite styret, plural indefinite styrer)

  1. government, regime
  2. rule
  3. management
Declension
Declension of styre
neuter
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative styre styret styrer styrerne
genitive styres styrets styrers styrernes
Derived terms

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Etymology 2

From Old Norse stýra, from Proto-Germanic *stiurijaną, cognate with English steer, German steuern, Dutch sturen. Doublet of styr.

Verb

styre (past tense styrede, past participle styret)

  1. (transitive) to head, govern, rule, manage, control
  2. (intransitive) to steer (to guide the course of)
  3. (reflexive) to restrain oneself
Conjugation
Conjugation of styre
active passive
present styrer styres
past styrede styredes
infinitive styre styres
imperative styr
participle
present styrende
past styret
(auxiliary verb have)
gerund styren
Derived terms

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse stýri.

Noun

styre n (definite singular styret, indefinite plural styrer, definite plural styra or styrene)

  1. administration, government, rule
  2. a board of directors, or board of any organisation.
  3. handlebar(s) of a bicycle or motorcycle.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse stýra.

Verb

styre (imperative styr, present tense styrer, passive styres, simple past styrte, past participle styrt, present participle styrende)

  1. to govern, to rule
  2. to guide, to pilot, to steer
  3. to control
Derived terms

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²styːrə/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse stýri.

Noun

styre n (definite singular styret, indefinite plural styre, definite plural styra)

  1. administration, government, rule
  2. a board of directors, or board of any organisation.
  3. handlebar(s) of a bicycle or motorcycle.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

styre (present tense styrer, past tense styrte, past participle styrt, passive infinitive styrast, present participle styrande, imperative styr)

  1. alternative form of styra
Derived terms

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Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstyː.re/

Verb

stȳre

  1. inflection of stȳran:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. singular present subjunctive

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse stýri.

Pronunciation

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Noun

styre n

  1. government, regime
  2. rule
  3. management
  4. a handlebar (on a bicycle)
  5. (physics, electronics) a gate

Declension

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