spröjs
Swedish
fönster med spröjsar; spröjsade fönster
spröjsar mellan stolsben, spröjsar i stolsrygg
Etymology
Cognate with Danish dialectal sprøjse, from an older German word Spräutze, Sprütze, Sprüs, Spreusse, related to Danish sprosse, German Sprosse (rung, crosspiece), and Spreize (support beam). Used in Swedish since 1779.
Noun
spröjs c
- a muntin, a mullion; a separator (of wood, metal, or stone) between panes in a window
- a rung, a crosspiece in a ladder or between the legs of a chair; a separator in any kind of framework
Declension
| Declension of spröjs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | spröjs | spröjsen | spröjsar | spröjsarna |
| Genitive | spröjs | spröjsens | spröjsars | spröjsarnas |
Related terms
- fönsterspröjs
- spröjsad
- spröjsfri
- spröjsverk
References
- spröjs in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
- spröjs in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.
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