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stendød
stendød
Danish
Adjective
stendød
- (informal) stone dead (unquestionably dead)
Inflection
| Inflection of stendød | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| Common singular | stendød | — | —2 |
| Neuter singular | stendødt | — | —2 |
| Plural | stendøde | — | —2 |
| Definite attributive1 | stendøde | — | — |
| 1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. | |||
Synonyms
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From sten (“stone”) + død (“dead”).
Alternative forms
- steindød, steindaud
Adjective
stendød (neuter stendødt, definite and plural stendøde)
- (informal) stone dead (unquestionably dead)
Synonyms
Usage notes
This spelling may be used in Riksmål, based on Danish (see the Danish entry above). The official Bokmål and Nynorsk spellings are steindød and steindaud. Stendød would certainly not be used in Nynorsk.