stinn

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish stinder. Cognate of Old Norse stinnr, Danish stind, Middle Low German stīde, Middle Dutch stīde, Old Frisian stīth, Old English stīþ, English stith (“strong; stiff; rigid”). Further origin beyond Germanic languages disputed. Arguably related to stone or Ancient Greek στενός (stenós, “narrow; tight”).

Adjective

stinn (comparative stinnare, superlative stinnast)

1. distended from being filled with something
2. (figuratively) stuffed, crammed, replete

   Kassan är stinn

   The coffers are stuffed (we have a lot of money)

Declension

Inflection of stinn

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	stinn	stinnare	stinnast
neuter singular	stint	stinnare	stinnast
plural	stinna	stinnare	stinnast
masculine plural2	stinne	stinnare	stinnast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	stinne	stinnare	stinnaste
all	stinna	stinnare	stinnaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Derived terms

• adrenalinstinn
• blodstinn
• bukstinn
• hormonstinn
• mjölkstinn
• pengastinn
• penningstinn
• romstinn
• testosteronstinn

References

• stinn in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• stinn in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• stinn in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• stinn in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
• stinder in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, del 2:1: M-T