bautasten

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse bautarsteinn, bautasteinn. Cf. Norwegian Nynorsk bautastein.

Noun

bautasten c

1. a menhir (especially in Nordic contexts)

Usage notes

Idiomatically what Obelix - from the Asterix comics - carries around.

Declension

Declension of bautasten

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	bautasten	bautastens
	definite	bautastenen	bautastenens
plural	indefinite	bautastenar	bautastenars
	definite	bautastenarna	bautastenarnas

Derived terms

• bauta-

References

• bautasten in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• bautasten in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• bautasten in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)