bautasten

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse bautarsteinn, bautasteinn. Cf. Norwegian Nynorsk bautastein.

Noun

bautasten c

1. a menhir (especially in Nordic contexts)

Usage notes

Idiomatically what Obelix - from the Asterix comics - carries around.

Declension

Declension of bautasten
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	bautasten	bautastenen	bautastenar	bautastenarna
Genitive	bautastens	bautastenens	bautastenars	bautastenarnas

See also

• bauta-

References

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