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bastu.

a sauna (room for heat sessions)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. a sauna (room for heat sessions)

    common-gender
    bygga bastu på tomten

  2. a sauna (sauna session)

    common-gender
    ta en bastu efter jobbet
Where this word comes from

A clipping of (probably) Old Swedish badstuwu, from earlier baþstova, equivalent to bad + stuga (cognate with English bath + stove). Compare inherited badstuga.

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