stolt

See also: Stolt

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse stoltr, from Proto-Germanic *stultaz. Doublet of stovt.

Adjective

stolt (neuter stolt, plural and definite singular attributive stolte, comparative stoltere, superlative (predicative) stoltest, superlative (attributive) stolteste)

1. proud

Dutch

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Verb

stolt

1. inflection of stollen:
   1. second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. (archaic) plural imperative

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From German Low German stolt and Old Norse stoltr, stolz.

Adjective

stolt (neuter singular stolt, definite singular and plural stolte, comparative stoltere, indefinite superlative stoltest, definite superlative stolteste)

1. proud

Derived terms

• stolthet

Etymology 2

Verb

stolt

1. past participle of stole

References

• “stolt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From German Low German stolt and Old Norse stoltr, stolz.

Adjective

stolt (neuter singular stolt, definite singular and plural stolte, comparative stoltare, indefinite superlative stoltast, definite superlative stoltaste)

1. proud

   Synonyms: byrg, kry, kaut, ovmodig, hovmodig

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

stolt

1. past participle of stola

References

• “stolt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish stolter (“majestic, beautiful, fine, proud”), from Old Norse stoltr, from Proto-Germanic *stultaz.

See also Danish stolt, Middle Low German stolt, Middle High German and present German stolz.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

stolt

1. proud

   Jag är stolt över dig

   I'm proud of you

   stolt som en tupp

   proud as a cock

   Sedan kommer matadoren, den stoltaste av dem alla

   Then comes the matador, the proudest of them all

Declension

Inflection of stolt

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	stolt	stoltare	stoltast
neuter singular	stolt	stoltare	stoltast
plural	stolta	stoltare	stoltast
masculine plural2	stolte	stoltare	stoltast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	stolte	stoltare	stoltaste
all	stolta	stoltare	stoltaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Related terms

• stolthet

Adverb

stolt

1. proudly

See also

• högmodig (“proud, arrogant”) (proud in a more intrinsically negative sense)

References

• stolt in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Further reading

• stolt in Svensk ordbok.
• stolt in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)

Anagrams

• lotts, slott