strå

See also: straa, strá, -stra, stra-, stră-, and stra

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse strá (“straw”). Compare Old English strēaw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /strɔː/, [sd̥ʁɔːˀ]

Noun

strå n (singular definite strået, plural indefinite strå)

1. straw

Declension

Declension of strå

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	strå	strået	strå	stråene
genitive	strås	stråets	strås	stråenes

References

• “strå” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “strå” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse strá. Akin to English straw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stroː/

Noun

strå n (definite singular strået, indefinite plural strå, definite plural stråa)

1. a straw, (a stalk of a cereal plant)

References

• “strå” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish stra, from Old Norse strá, from Proto-Germanic *strawą. Related to English straw.

Noun

strå n

1. a stalk of a grass or sedge (whether growing or dried)
   1. a straw (dried stalk of a cereal plant)

      Synonym: halmstrå

   2. a blade of grass (idiomatically if not technically – usually as grässtrå)

      På en gräsmatta finns det många grässtrån

      On a lawn, there are many blades of grass

2. a hair

   ett hårstrå

   a hair

   ett skäggstrå

   a hair from a beard

   några gråa strån

   a few gray hairs

   Synonym: hårstrå

Usage notes

Straw in the collective sense is halm.

Declension

Declension of strå

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	strå	strås
	definite	strået	stråets
plural	indefinite	strån	stråns
	definite	stråna	strånas

Declension of strå

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	strå	strås
	definite	stråt	stråts
plural	indefinite	strån	stråns
	definite	stråna	strånas

Derived terms

• grässtrå
• halmstrå
• hårstrå
• vara ett strå vassare

See also

• halm
• hår

References

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

Anagrams

• står, tårs