/ˈstɑː.va/
UrsprungFrom Old Swedish stava, from Old Norse stafa, equivalent to stav (“letter”) + -a.
- to spell (to give the individual letters of a word)
“Hur stavar du ditt förnamn?” — How do you spell your first name?
Formerstavar(present) · stavade(preterite) · stavat(supine) · stava(imperative) · stava(active, infinitive) · stavas(infinitive, passive) · stavat(active, supine) · stavats(passive, supine) · stava(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · staven(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive) · stavar(active, indicative, present) · stavade(active, indicative, past) · stavas(indicative, passive, present) · stavades(indicative, passive, past) · stava(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present) · stavade(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past) · stavas(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present) · stavades(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, past)