röst

See also: Rost, Røst, roest, rost, róst, and ròst

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse raust, ultimately from a Proto-Germanic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH- (“to flow, boil, stream, move”).[1] Related to Proto-Germanic *runsiz (“river”). Cognate with Danish røst.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /rœst/
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Noun

röst c

  1. voice (sound uttered by the mouth, especially that uttered by human beings in speech or song)
  2. vote

Declension
Declension of röst 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative röst rösten röster rösterna
Genitive rösts röstens rösters rösternas

Derived terms

References
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 922, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 922

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