stengja

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• stengje
• stenga
• stenge
• stæng, steng (eye dialect, apocope)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse stengja. Compare Norwegian Bokmål stenge, Swedish stänga, Danish stænge.

Verb

stengja (present tense stengjer, past tense stengde, past participle stengt, present participle stengjande, imperative steng)

1. (transitive) to close

   Synonyms: ha att, lukka

   Me hev stengt butikken for i dag.

   We've closed the shop for today.

Derived terms

• stenging (“closing”)
• stengd (“closed”)
• stengsel, stengsle (“a closer, a fence”)

References

“stengja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.