alster

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish alster, from Old East Norse *alstr, derivative of Old Swedish ala (“give birth to; bring up; nurture”), from Old Norse ala, from Proto-Germanic *alaną (“to nurish; grow”).

Cognate to Old Danish alster.

Pronunciation

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Noun

alster n

1. a work (product, especially an intellectual or artistic product)

   Nisses samlade alster

   Nisse's collected works

   Hennes senaste alster

   Her latest work

Declension

Declension of alster

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	alster	alsters
	definite	alstret	alstrets
plural	indefinite	alster	alsters
	definite	alstren	alstrens

Derived terms

• alstra

References

• “alster”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “alster”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• arslet, laster, laters, salter