Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en stuga

cottage, cabin, hut/²stʉ̟ːɡa/

Meaning

cottage; cabin; hut

In Swedish: litet hus

Forms

Forms of stuga
Singular, indefiniteen stuga
Singular, definitestugan
Plural, indefinitestugor
Plural, definitestugorna

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

Practise stuga

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Is it en stuga or ett stuga?

stuga in a sentence

  • små röda stugor
    small red cabins
  • en stuga på landet
    a cottage in the countryside
  • hyra stuga i fjällen
    rent a cabin in the mountains
  • Jag gick in i stugan
    I went into the cottage
  • tvättstuga
    laundry room

Words built with stuga

  • sommarstuga summer (weekend) cottage (cabin)

Questions

What does stuga mean in English?

stuga means “cottage, cabin”.

Is it en stuga or ett stuga?

It is en stuga, and “the cottage” is stugan.

What is the plural of stuga?

The plural of stuga is stugor, and the definite plural is stugorna.

Similar words

säter

Origin

From Old Swedish stuva, stova, stugha, from Old Norse stofa, stufa, borrowed from Middle Low German stōve, stūve, Old Saxon *stova, *stuva, from Proto-West Germanic *stobu.

Nearby common words

stuga is number 2,097 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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