röst

See also: rost, roest, Rost, róst, ròst, and Røst

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse raust, ultimately from a Proto-Germanic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH- (“to flow, boil, stream, move”). Related to Proto-Germanic *runsiz (“river”). Cognate with Danish røst.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rœst/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

röst c

1. voice (sound uttered by the mouth, especially that uttered by human beings in speech or song)
2. vote

Declension

Declension of röst
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	röst	rösten	röster	rösterna
Genitive	rösts	röstens	rösters	rösternas

Anagrams

• strö, stör, törs, örts

Further reading

• röst in Svensk ordbok.