Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en stövel

boot

Meaning

boot

In Swedish: sko med långt skaft

Forms

Forms of stövel
Singular, indefiniteen stövel
Singular, definitestöveln
Plural, indefinitestövlar
Plural, definitestövlarna

stövel is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor stövel, den stora stöveln. Check another noun

Practise stövel

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Is it en stövel or ett stövel?

stövel in a sentence

  • Jag drog på mig stövlarna och gick ut i regnvädret
    I pulled on my (rubber) boots and went out into the rain [rainy weather]

Words built with stövel

  • läderstövel leather boot
  • gummistövel rubber (wellington) boot

Questions

What does stövel mean in English?

stövel means “boot”.

Is it en stövel or ett stövel?

It is en stövel, and “the boot” is stöveln.

What is the plural of stövel?

The plural of stövel is stövlar, and the definite plural is stövlarna.

Origin

From Old Swedish støvel, from Old Norse styfill, from Middle Low German stevele, stovele, from Italian stivale, from Medieval Latin aestivale.

Nearby common words

stövel is number 4,269 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary