sturta

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish styrte, from Middle Low German storten, from Old Saxon *sturtian, from Proto-West Germanic *sturtijan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstʏr̥ta/
    Rhymes: -ʏr̥ta

Verb

sturta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative sturtaði, supine sturtað)

  1. to pour down
    Synonym: hella

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • sturta niður (“to flush the toilet”)
  • sturta í sig (“to drink alcohol very quickly”)

See also

Noun

sturta f (genitive singular sturtu, nominative plural sturtur)

  1. a shower (bathing device)
    að fara í sturtu ― to take a shower

Declension

Synonyms

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