rullsten

Swedish

Etymology

rulla (“roll”) +‎ sten (“stone”)

Noun

rullsten c

1. a rounded stone from an esker (rounded through grinding in a stream running beneath a glacier during the ice age)

Declension

Declension of rullsten

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	rullsten	rullstens
	definite	rullstenen	rullstenens
plural	indefinite	rullstenar	rullstenars
	definite	rullstenarna	rullstenarnas

Derived terms

• rullstensås (“esker”)

References

• rullsten in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• rullsten in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)