strå

See also: straa, strá, -stra, stra-, stră-, and stra

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse strá (“straw”). Compare Old English strēaw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /strɔː/, [sd̥ʁɔːˀ]

Noun

strå n (singular definite strået, plural indefinite strå)

1. straw

Declension

Declension of strå

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	strå	strået	strå	stråene
genitive	strås	stråets	strås	stråenes

References

• “strå” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “strå” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse strá. Akin to English straw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stroː/

Noun

strå n (definite singular strået, indefinite plural strå, definite plural stråa)

1. a straw, (a stalk of a cereal plant)

References

• “strå” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish stra, from Old Norse strá, from Proto-Germanic *strawą. Related to English straw.

Noun

strå n

1. straw

Declension

Declension of strå
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	strå	strået	strån	stråna
Genitive	strås	stråets	stråns	strånas

Declension of strå
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	strå	stråt	strån	stråna
Genitive	strås	stråts	stråns	strånas

Derived terms

• grässtrå
• halmstrå

 

See also

• halm

References

• strå in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (14th ed., online)

Anagrams

• står, tårs