gästgiveri

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From gästgivare +‎ -eri. Cognate to Danish gæstgiveri and German Gastgeberei.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jæɧɪvɛˈriː/
  • (spelling pronunciation) IPA(key): /jæstjiːvɛˈriː/, /jæstjɪvɛˈriː/.

Noun

gästgiveri n

  1. (dated) inn
    Synonym: gästgivargård

Usage notes
  • Gästgiveri and its related words are together with västgöte and östgöte (and their derivations) the only words where the spelling ⟨stg⟩ represents the phoneme /ɧ/.

Declension
Declension of gästgiveri 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative gästgiveri gästgiveriet gästgiverier gästgiverierna
Genitive gästgiveris gästgiveriets gästgiveriers gästgiveriernas

References
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