skorsten

Swedish

en skorsten

en skorsten

Etymology

From Low German Schornstein, compound of schore (“support”) (ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *skeran (“to cut”)) and Stein (“rock”) (from Middle Low German sten). Compare Norwegian Nynorsk skorstein.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²skɔʂteːn/

Noun

skorsten c

1. a chimney (vertical tube or hollow column; a flue)
   1. a smokestack

Declension

Declension of skorsten

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	skorsten	skorstens
	definite	skorstenen	skorstenens
plural	indefinite	skorstenar	skorstenars
	definite	skorstenarna	skorstenarnas

See also

• sotare (“chimney sweep”)

References

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

Anagrams

• sektorns, storkens, torskens