stuga

Swedish

en röd stuga med vita knutar [a red cottage with white corners]

Alternative forms

• stova, stuva (archaic, dialectal)

Etymology

From Old Swedish stuva, stova, stugha, from Old Norse stofa, stufa, borrowed from Middle Low German stōve, stūve, Old Saxon *stova, *stuva, from Proto-West Germanic *stobu. Also related to Finnish tupa.

The change from v > g is due to a dialectal development from -β- > -w- > -ɣ- (g), compare ruva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²stʉ̟ːɡa/
• Rhymes: -²ʉːɡa

Noun

stuga c

1. a cottage, a cabin (small house)

   Jag gick in i stugan

   I went into the cottage

2. (especially in compounds) a room or hall serving a specific purpose

Declension

Declension of stuga

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	stuga	stugas
	definite	stugan	stugans
plural	indefinite	stugor	stugors
	definite	stugorna	stugornas

Derived terms

• backstuga
• badstuga
• bakstuga
• dagligstuga
• enkelstuga
• fattigstuga
• fjällstuga
• förstuga
• gillestuga
• grindstuga
• högloftsstuga
• kaffestuga
• kolonistuga
• lekstuga
• parstuga
• raststuga
• ryggåsstuga
• rådstuga
• rökstuga
• sjukstuga
• skrivstuga
• sockenstuga
• sommarstuga
• sportstuga
• storstuga
• stugby
• stugknut
• stugvärme
• timmerstuga
• tvättstuga
• valstuga
• värmestuga

 

References

• stuga in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• stuga in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• stuga in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)