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stor

See also: stór, stòr, štor, stór-, and Appendix:Variations of "stor"

Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse stórr (“big, large, tall, great”), from Proto-Germanic *stōraz, cognate with English stour.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /stoːˀr/, [ˈsd̥oˀɐ̯], [ˈsd̥oɐ̯ˀ]
  • Rhymes: -oːɐ̯

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stor (neuter stort, plural and definite singular attributive store, comparative større, superlative (predicative) størst, superlative (attributive) største)

  1. large (of a great size)
  2. great; magnificent; important
    Einstein anses for en af de største videnskabsfolk i historien.
    Einstein is considered one of the greatest scientists of history.
    Alexander den Store
    Alexander the Great
    • 2014, Jesper Petersen, Fra harem til islamisk feminisme: Kvindernes kamp i Egypten, Akademisk Rejseforlag, →ISBN, page 82:
      Samtidig rykkede biografierne grænserne for, hvad en kvinde kunne tillade sig og forsynede kvinder med viden om historiens store kvinder, hvilket de kunne anvende i praksis når de skulle argumentere for deres sag.
      Also, the biographies pushed the envelope of what a woman could do, and supplied women with knowledge of the great women of history, which they could use in practice when arguing for themselves.
    • 2014, Asbjørn Jakobsen Fanø, Menneskelivet - en opdagelsesrejse: Hvad vil det sige at være menneske? Et liv i Folkehøjskolen og omegn, BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, page 89:
      Her oplevede de, at store videnskabsmænd kunne berige ikke alene hinandens tilværelse, men også deres forskning gennem dette.
      Here, they experienced that great scientists could enrich not only each other's existence, but also their research hereby.
    • 2015, Lars Albinus, Studium Generale, Klim, →ISBN:
      Der skulle således i kalenderen indskrives navnedage for historiens store videnskabsmænd, oprettes templer og statuer til deres ære, ja, der skulle endda indstiftes 'sociale sakramenter' til minde om dem.
      Thus, name days should be added to the calendar for the great scientists of history, temples and statues should be erected in their honor, yes, even 'social sacraments' should be institued in their memory.
  3. (of letters) capital, upper case
    store bogstaver
    uppercase letters
  4. (euphemistic) fat
    • 2015, Maeve Binchy, Fortællinger fra Chestnut Street, Rosinante & Co, →ISBN:
      Den lå i en travl købstad, hvor en hel del af kunderne var midaldrende, lidt store kvinder, som igen og igen måtte gå derfra uden at have købt noget, fordi der ikke var noget i deres størrelse.
      It was situated in a busy shopping city, where quite a lot of the customers were middle-aged, slightly large women, who time and time again had to leave without bying anything, since there was nothing they could fit.
    • 2015, Rachel Kushner, Flammekasterne, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:
      Bag autoliftene viftede store kvinder sig og vogtede over køletasker.
      Behind the auto lifts, heavy-set women fanned themselves and guarded cooler bags.
  5. (of a child) old
    Karl blev sur da de store børn ikke ville lege med ham.
    Karl became angry when the older children wouldn't play with him.

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Malay

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Etymology

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From English store.

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stor (Jawi spelling ستور, plural stor-stor, informal 1st possessive storku, 2nd possessive stormu, 3rd possessive stornya)

  1. store

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse stórr (“big, large, tall, great”), from Proto-Germanic *stōraz, whence also Old English stōr, Old Saxon stōri. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-r-; compare Pashto ستر (stër, “large”), Lithuanian stóras, Old Church Slavonic старъ (starŭ, “old”), Russian ста́рый (stáryj, “old”).

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stor (neuter singular stort, definite singular and plural store, comparative større, indefinite superlative størst, definite superlative største)

  1. large, big, great
    et stort hus ― a big house
  2. of high regard
    en stor mann ― an important man
  3. good, real
    en stor tosk ― a real jerk
    en stor unge ― a great kid

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse stórr (“big, large, tall, great”).

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stor (masculine and feminine stor, neuter stort, definite singular and plural store, comparative større, indefinite superlative størst, definite superlative største)

  1. large, big, great
    Jakka mi er for stor. ― My jacket is too big.

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Old English

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Etymology 1

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From Latin storax

Noun

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stōr m

  1. frankincense
  2. storax
Declension
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Declension of stōr (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative stōr stōras
accusative stōr stōras
genitive stōres stōra
dative stōre stōrum

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Germanic *stōraz.

Adjective

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stōr

  2. great
  3. strong, violent
Declension
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Declension of stōr — Strong
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative stōr stōr stōr
Accusative stōrne stōre stōr
Genitive stōres stōrre stōres
Dative stōrum stōrre stōrum
Instrumental stōre stōrre stōre
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative stōre stōra, stōre stōr
Accusative stōre stōra, stōre stōr
Genitive stōrra stōrra stōrra
Dative stōrum stōrum stōrum
Instrumental stōrum stōrum stōrum
Declension of stōr — Weak
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative stōra stōre stōre
Accusative stōran stōran stōre
Genitive stōran stōran stōran
Dative stōran stōran stōran
Instrumental stōran stōran stōran
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative stōran stōran stōran
Accusative stōran stōran stōran
Genitive stōrra, stōrena stōrra, stōrena stōrra, stōrena
Dative stōrum stōrum stōrum
Instrumental stōrum stōrum stōrum
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Old Swedish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Norse stórr, from Proto-Germanic *stōraz.

Adjective

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stōr

  1. big, large
  2. great, important

Declension

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Declension of stōr (strong)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative stōr stōr stōrt
accusative stōran stōra stōrt
dative stōrum
stōrom 		stōrri
stōrre 		stōru
stōro
genitive stōrs stōrrar stōrs
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative stōrir
stōrer 		stōrar stōr
accusative stōra stōrar stōr
dative stōrum
stōrom 		stōrum
stōrom 		stōrum
stōrom
genitive stōrra
stōra 		stōrra
stōra 		stōrra
stōra
Declension of stōr (weak)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative stōri
stōre 		stōra stōra
accusative stōra stōru
stōro 		stōra
dative stōra stōru
stōro 		stōra
genitive stōra stōru
stōro 		stōra
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative stōru
stōro 		stōru
stōro 		stōru
stōro
accusative stōru
stōro 		stōru
stōro 		stōru
stōro
dative stōru
stōro 		stōru
stōro 		stōru
stōro
genitive stōru
stōro 		stōru
stōro 		stōru
stōro

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Noun

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stor m (plural stores, feminine stora, feminine plural storas)

  1. Alternative form of setor (teacher)

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French store.

Noun

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stor n (plural storuri)

  1. blind, shade (for a window)

Declension

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Declension of stor
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) stor storul (niște) storuri storurile
genitive/dative (unui) stor storului (unor) storuri storurilor
vocative storule storurilor

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish stōr, from Old Norse stórr (“big, large, tall, great”), from Proto-Germanic *stōraz, from Proto-Indo-European *stāro-.

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  • IPA(key): /stuːr/
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Adjective

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stor (comparative större, superlative störst)

  1. big, large; of large size
    Synonym: st.
    Björnen var större än vanligt. ― The bear was larger than usual.
  2. (figuratively) adult, or in the case of a child, older.
    Vad vill du bli när du blir stor?
    What do you want to be when you grow up?
  3. (writing, not comparable) uppercase, capital (of a letter)
    Namn på länder skrivs med stor bokstav. ― Names of countries are written with capital letters.
  4. great, grand, very important; awesome
    Det är stort att få träffa sin idol. ― It is great to meet one's idol.

Declension

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Inflection of stor
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular stor större störst
Neuter singular stort större störst
Plural stora större störst
Masculine plural3 stora större störst
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 store större störste
All stora större största
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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