skorsten

Danish

Etymology

From Low German Schornstein, compound of schore (“support”) (ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *skeran (“to cut”)) and Stein (“rock”) (from Middle Low German sten). Compare Swedish skorsten and Norwegian Nynorsk skorstein.

Noun

skorsten c (singular definite skorstenen, plural indefinite skorstene)

1. a chimney (vertical tube or hollow column; a flue)
   1. a smokestack

Declension

Declension of skorsten

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skorsten	skorstenen	skorstene	skorstenene
genitive	skorstens	skorstenens	skorstenes	skorstenenes

References

• “skorsten” in Den Danske Ordbog

Swedish

en skorsten

rök från en skorsten [smoke from a smokestack]

Etymology

From Low German Schornstein, compound of schore (“support”) (ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *skeran (“to cut”)) and Stein (“rock”) (from Middle Low German sten). Compare Danish skorsten and Norwegian Nynorsk skorstein.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²skɔʂteːn/

Noun

skorsten c

1. a chimney (vertical tube or hollow column; a flue)
   1. a smokestack

Declension

Declension of skorsten

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	skorsten	skorstens
	definite	skorstenen	skorstenens
plural	indefinite	skorstenar	skorstenars
	definite	skorstenarna	skorstenarnas

See also

• sotare (“chimney sweep”)

References

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

Anagrams

• sektorns, storkens, torskens