stål
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse stál, from Proto-Germanic *stahlą, from Proto-Indo-European *stak- (“to stay, be firm”). Compare Swedish and Norwegian stål, Icelandic stál, Dutch staal, German Stahl, English steel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stɔːl/, [sd̥ɔːˀl]
Noun
stål n (singular definite stålet, plural indefinite stål)
- (uncountable) steel (metal alloy)
- tool
Inflection
| neuter gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | stål | stålet | stål | stålene |
| genitive | ståls | stålets | ståls | stålenes |
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse stál, from Proto-Germanic *stahlą, from Proto-Indo-European *stak- (“to stay, be firm”). Compare with Danish stål, Swedish stål, Icelandic stál, Dutch staal, German Stahl, also English steel.
Noun
stål n (definite singular stålet, uncountable)
- steel (metal alloy)
Derived terms
- rustfritt stål
- stålbørste
- stålkabel
- stålnett
- stålsette
- ståltau
- stålull
- stålverk
References
- “stål” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse stál
Noun
stål n (definite singular stålet, uncountable)
- steel (metal alloy)
Derived terms
- rustfritt stål
- stålbørste
- stålkabel
- stålnett
- ståltau
- stålull
- stålverk
References
- “stål” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse stál, from Proto-Germanic *stahlą, from Proto-Indo-European *stak- (“to stay, be firm”). Compare Danish and Norwegian stål, Icelandic stál, Dutch staal, German Stahl, also English steel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstoːl/
Audio (file)
Noun
stål n
- steel (a metal alloy)
- a tool of steel
Declension
| Declension of stål | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | stål | stålet | stål | stålen |
| Genitive | ståls | stålets | ståls | stålens |
Derived terms
- bandstål
- borrstål
- gjutstål
- härdstål
- knivstål
- kromstål
- rostfritt stål
- skärstål
- specialstål
- ståla
- stålar
- stålbad
- stålbalk
- stålband
- stålblank
- stålblå
- stålbolag
- stålborste
- stålbranschen
- stålbågad
- stålbåge
- ståldörr
- stålexport
- stålfjäder
- stålframställning
- stålföretag
- stålgjuteri
- stålgjutgods
- stålgrå
- stålhjälm
- stålhätta
- stålhård
- stålindustri
- stålkant
- stålkantad
- stålklang
- stålkonstruktion
- stålkula
- stållina
- stålman
- stålmöbel
- stålning
- stålpenna
- stålplåt
- stålproduktion
- stålrand
- stålrör
- stålskelett
- stålskena
- stålskodd
- stålstick
- stålstift
- stålstomme
- stålsträng
- stålsätta
- stålsättning
- ståltillverkning
- ståltryck
- ståltråd
- stålull
- stålvajer
- stålverk
- stålvilja
- stålvisp
- stålwire
- stålört
- stångstål
- verktygsstål
References
- stål in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)