koster

• IPA^(key): [ˈkostɛr]

koster f

1. genitive plural of kostra

From Middle Dutch coster, from Old French costre, from Late Latin custor, from custōs.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔs.tər/

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• Hyphenation: kos‧ter

koster m (plural kosters, diminutive kostertje n)

1. (Christianity) a churchwarden, a caretaker at a church, sacristan.

• hoofdkoster
• Koster
• kostersambt
• kosterschap
• kostersvrouw
• kosterswoning

• → Papiamentu: kòster, kòstu

koster m

1. indefinite plural of kost

koster

1. present of koste

From Koster, also called Kosteröarna (the Koster islands), an archipelago in northern Bohuslän, known as the Koster Islands in English. The name is of uncertain origin, possibly Old Norse kostir (“eating place”), referring to bountiful fishing around the islands, from kostr (“choice, goods, food”).[1]

koster c

1. a koster (type of wide sailboat from Bohuslän)

   Synonym: kosterbåt

• koster in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• koster in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• koster in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)