st.

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English[edit]

Noun[edit]

st. (plural sts.)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of St., abbreviation of street.
    • 1916, Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.). Office of Brooklyn Borough President, Report of the Hon. ..., President of the Borough of Brooklyn for the Year Ending ..., page 210:
      N. E. and N. W. cors. of Hinsdale and Newport sts.
      Lawrence ave. from Gravesend ave. to 47th st.

Czech[edit]

Adjective[edit]

st.

  1. Abbreviation of starší (Senior”, “[the] Elder): Sr.
    Alexandr Skalický st.
    Alexandr Skalický Sr.

German[edit]

Preposition[edit]

st.

  1. Abbreviation of statt.

Adjective[edit]

st. (indeclinable)

  1. (grammar) Abbreviation of stark.
    Antonym: schw.

Icelandic[edit]

Noun[edit]

st. f

  1. (grammar) Abbreviation of samtenging.

Swedish[edit]

Noun[edit]

st. c

  1. Abbreviation of stycke (piece) or stycken (pieces); similar to pc. or pcs.
    Synonym: st
    5 st. äpplen á 7 kronor.
    5 pcs. apples @ 7 SEK.
  2. Abbreviation of stor (large) or stora (the large).
    Ekö st. k:a 3 km
    Ekö large church 3 km
    St. Ekbro
    The Large Ekbro
  3. Nonstandard spelling of S:t (m. Saint) or S:ta (f. Saint).
    Synonyms: Sankt, Sankta

Usage notes[edit]

Often used on signage with place names. As with the second usage example of (2) there might be two different Ekbro close together, e.g. the farm Ekbro and the larger village Ekbro.