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vindstilla

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Swedish

Etymology

vind (wind) + stilla (still)

Adjective

vindstilla

  1. windless, calm ((currently) without wind)
    Synonym: (uncommon) vindlös
    Det är vindstilla ute idag
    There is no wind outside today ("It is windstill outside today")
    en vindstilla fjärd
    a calm / (currently) windless bay
    • 1932, Evert Taube, “Calle Schewens vals [Calle Schewen's Waltz]:
      Då vilar min blommande ö vid din barm, du dunkelblå, vindstilla fjärd.
      Then my blossoming island rests on your bosom, you dark blue, still archipelago/bay.

Inflection

More information Indefinite, positive ...

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.

Noun

vindstilla c

  1. windlessness, lack of wind, calm, still air
    Synonym: stiltje

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...

See also

References

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