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sturta

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Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Danish styrte, from Middle Low German storten, from Old Saxon *sturtian, from Proto-West Germanic *sturtijan.[1]

Verb

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sturta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative sturtaði, supine sturtað)

  1. to pour down
    Synonym: hella
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Etymology 2

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Deverbal from the "pour down" sense of Etymology 1.[1]

Noun

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sturta f (genitive singular sturtu, nominative plural sturtur)

  1. a shower (bathing device)
    Synonym: steypibað (uncommon)
    að fara í sturtuto take a shower
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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) “sturta”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)