Noun: kista
Hyphenation:
Gender: Common gender
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | kista |
| Sg. Def. | kistan |
| Pl. Indef. | kistor |
| Pl. Def. | kistorna |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | kistas |
| Sg. Def. | kistans |
| Pl. Indef. | kistors |
| Pl. Def. | kistornas |
Sample Sentences
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sista spiken i kistan (the final nail in the coffin)
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Jag är risig i kistan (I have an upset stomach)
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– Äta myror? – Det är världens käk. Kittlar dödsskönt i kistan. (– Eat ants? – It's the greatest grub. Tickles real ["dead"] good in your belly. [from the Swedish dub of the 1967 Disney Jungle Book movie – well-known and often referenced piece of dialogue from appearing in an annual Christmas special])
Nouns inflected like kista
hojtarolja,
pocketrea,
syssla,
inbjudningslista,
kroppkaka,
snäppa,
snärja,
snärta,
snäcka,
snurra,
snippa,
salvia,
urtavla,
grendosa,
smitta,
smocka,
smedja,
togolesiska,
slunga,
slinka, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Norse kista. See: Old Norse Nouns '
kista'.
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