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styre

styre

Danish

Noun

styre n (singular definite styret, plural indefinite styrer)

  1. government, regime
  2. rule
  3. management
Declension

Etymology 2

From Old Norse stýra.

Verb

styre (imperative styr, infinitive at styre, present tense styrer, past tense styrede, perfect tense har styret)

  1. (intransitive) to steer (to guide the course of)
  2. to head
  3. to govern, to rule
  4. to manage
  5. to control
Conjugation
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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse stýri

Noun

styre n (definite singular styret, indefinite plural styrer, definite plural styra or styrene)

  1. administration, government, rule
  2. a board of directors, or board of any organisation.
  3. handlebar(s) of a bicycle or motorcycle.
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Etymology 2

From Old Norse stýra

Verb

styre (imperative styr, present tense styrer, passive styres, simple past styrte, past participle styrt, present participle styrende)

  1. to govern, to rule
  2. to guide, to pilot, to steer
  3. to control
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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse stýri

Noun

styre n (definite singular styret, indefinite plural styre, definite plural styra)

  1. administration, government, rule
  2. a board of directors, or board of any organisation.
  3. handlebar(s) of a bicycle or motorcycle.

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse stýri.

Pronunciation

Noun

styre n

  1. government, regime
  2. rule
  3. management
  4. a handlebar (on a bicycle)
  5. (physics, electronics) a gate

Declension

Inflection of styre 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative styre styret styren styrena
Genitive styres styrets styrens styrenas

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