vindstilla

Swedish

Etymology

vind (“wind”) +‎ stilla (“still”)

Adjective

vindstilla

1. windless, calm ((currently) without wind)

   Synonym: (uncommon) vindlös

   Det är vindstilla ute idag

   There is no wind outside today ("It is windstill outside today")

   en vindstilla fjärd

   a calm / (currently) windless bay

   • 1932, Evert Taube (lyrics and music), “Calle Schewens vals [Calle Schewen's waltz]”‎^[1]:

     Då vilar min blommande ö vid din barm, du dunkelblå, vindstilla fjärd.

     Then my blossoming island rests on your bosom, you dark blue, still archipelago/bay.

Inflection

Inflection of vindstilla

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	vindstilla	—	—
neuter singular	vindstilla	—	—
plural	vindstilla	—	—
masculine plural2	vindstilla	—	—
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	vindstilla	—	—
all	vindstilla	—	—

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Noun

vindstilla c

1. windlessness, lack of wind, calm, still air

   Synonym: stiltje

Declension

Declension of vindstilla

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	vindstilla	vindstillas
	definite	vindstillan	vindstillans
plural	indefinite	vindstillor	vindstillors
	definite	vindstillorna	vindstillornas

See also

• stiltje

References

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