yster

Afrikaans

Chemical element
Fe
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Etymology

From Dutch ijzer, from Middle Dutch iser, from Old Dutch *īsarn, from Proto-Germanic *īsarną, from Proto-Celtic *īsarnom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésh₂r̥ (“blood”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈəistər/

• Audio:

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Noun

yster (uncountable)

1. iron

Swedish

Adjective

yster (comparative ystrare, superlative ystrast)

1. frisky, spirited, peppy

Declension

Inflection of yster

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	yster	ystrare	ystrast
neuter singular	ystert	ystrare	ystrast
plural	ystra	ystrare	ystrast
masculine plural2	ystre	ystrare	ystrast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	ystre	ystrare	ystraste
all	ystra	ystrare	ystraste

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.

References

• yster in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• yster in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• yster in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• yster in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)