säte

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sate"

German

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Verb

säte

1. inflection of säen:
   1. first/third-person singular preterite
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive II

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse sæti, from Proto-Germanic *sētiją.

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Noun

säte n

1. a seat
   1. a place to sit, especially in a vehicle
   2. where someone or something is based

      Företaget har sitt säte i Jokkmokk, med butiker runt om i landet

      The company is based in ("has its seat in") Jokkmokk, with shops around the country

   3. (rare) the part of an object or individual (usually the buttocks) directly involved in sitting
   4. (rare) the part of a piece of clothing (usually pants or trousers) covering the buttocks

Declension

Declension of säte

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	säte	sätes
	definite	sätet	sätets
plural	indefinite	säten	sätens
	definite	sätena	sätenas

Derived terms

• herresäte
• sätesmuskel (“gluteal muscle, glute”)

See also

• sadel
• sits

References

• säte in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• säte in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• säte in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Fula Ordboken

Anagrams

• ätes