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Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Low German stȫven, from Old Saxon *stiovan, from Proto-West Germanic *staubijan.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
stoft n
- dust, powder
- (euphemistic) remains (the body of a dead person)
Declension[edit]
| Declension of stoft | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | stoft | stoftet | — | — |
| Genitive | stofts | stoftets | — | — |
Further reading[edit]
- stoft in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- stoft in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)