stolt
Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse stoltr, from Proto-Germanic *stultaz. Doublet of stovt.
Adjective[edit]
stolt (neuter stolt, plural and definite singular attributive stolte, comparative stoltere, superlative (predicative) stoltest, superlative (attributive) stolteste)
Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Verb[edit]
stolt
- inflection of stollen:
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From German Low German stolt and Old Norse stoltr, stolz.
Adjective[edit]
stolt (neuter singular stolt, definite singular and plural stolte, comparative stoltere, indefinite superlative stoltest, definite superlative stolteste)
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
stolt
- past participle of stole
References[edit]
- “stolt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From German Low German stolt and Old Norse stoltr, stolz.
Adjective[edit]
stolt (neuter singular stolt, definite singular and plural stolte, comparative stoltare, indefinite superlative stoltast, definite superlative stoltaste)
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Participle[edit]
stolt
- past participle of stola
References[edit]
- “stolt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Swedish stolter (“majestic, beautiful, fine, proud”), from Old Norse stoltr, from Proto-Germanic *stultaz.
See also Danish stolt, Middle Low German stolt, Middle High German and present German stolz.
Pronunciation[edit]
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Adjective[edit]
stolt
- proud
- Jag är stolt över dig
- I'm proud of you
- stolt som en tupp
- proud as a cock
- Sedan kommer matadoren, den stoltaste av dem alla
- Then comes the matador, the proudest of them all
Declension[edit]
Inflection of stolt | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | stolt | stoltare | stoltast |
Neuter singular | stolt | stoltare | stoltast |
Plural | stolta | stoltare | stoltast |
Masculine plural3 | stolte | stoltare | stoltast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | stolte | stoltare | stoltaste |
All | stolta | stoltare | stoltaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
Related terms[edit]
Adverb[edit]
stolt
See also[edit]
- högmodig (“proud, arrogant”) (proud in a more intrinsically negative sense)
References[edit]
- stolt in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
Further reading[edit]
- stolt in Svensk ordbok.
- stolt in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)
Anagrams[edit]
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