stikprøve

Danish

Etymology

From stik (“prick, stab”) +‎ prøve (“test, sample”), a calque of the German Stichprobe (“sample, spot check”). Originally a probe from a melting furnace.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stekprøːvə/, [ˈsd̥eɡ̊ˌpʰʁ̥œ̞ːwə]

Noun

stikprøve c (singular definite stikprøven, plural indefinite stikprøver)

1. spot test
2. random sample
3. spot check

Inflection

Declension of stikprøve

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	stikprøve	stikprøven	stikprøver	stikprøverne
genitive	stikprøves	stikprøvens	stikprøvers	stikprøvernes

See also

• stikprøve on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da