Feminine

Stube

Meaning

  1. (feminine, regional) living room
  2. (feminine) room (a room used for a special purpose; the term is often found in compounds with a somewhat old-fashioned character)
  3. (feminine) parlour (a room used chiefly for representation purposes; often called a gute Stube or the like)
  4. (feminine) the heated part of a traditional farmhouse (as opposed to stables, kitchen, etc.)
  5. (feminine) bedroom in a barracks

Frequency

21k
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

stuube

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʃtuːbə/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German stube, from Old High German stuba, from Proto-West Germanic *stubu.

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