sladd

Swedish

sladd med kontakter [cord with plugs] (sense 1)

en sladd (sense 2)

Etymology

Two main etymologies are 1) end, leftovers, same as slatt, 2) from sladda (“to slide, to skid”), related to släde (“a sled, a sleigh”). However, some meanings are a mix of the two: Komma på sladden, sladdbarn, meaning a trailing bonus chance, can refer either to leftovers or to the trailing sled. Compare Low German sladde ("cloth").

Rope's end, the sailor's term, has been used since 1736, coming Low German.

Clod crusher, the farming tool, has been used since 1695, also written slädd, from the verb sladda.

Noun

sladd c

2. a cord, a cable, (UK) a lead ((insulated, relatively thin) wire between a power outlet and a device or machine)

   stoppa i sladden i vägguttaget

   plug the cord into the wall outlet

   Apparaten har en lång sladd

   The device has a long cord

4. a skid, a sideways or oblique slide, (when deliberate) a drift (of a vehicle or the like)

   en sladd ner i diket

   a skid into the ditch

5. (uncommon) the end of a line

   [archaic language] Turbanknop eller ormhufvud [ormhuvud] nyttjas på sladden af ett tåg för att stoppa det vid ett hål, så att sladden ej kryper ut

   Turban knot or snakehead is used at the end of a rope to stop it at a hole, so the end doesn't sneak out

6. (uncommon, figuratively, in some expressions) a trailing part; a trailing bonus chance, an extra

   Bland innehållet märks för övrigt ett porträttgalleri över Götaverkens gudmödrar, där även en fadder fått komma med på sladden

   Among the content is also [noticed] a portrait gallery of the godmothers of Götaverken [a ship wharf], where a godfather has also been included as a bonus

7. (uncommon) the end of a filmstrip
8. a clodcrusher (farming tool)
9. a driveway groomer (road construction tool for maintaining gravel roads)

Usage notes

• A thick, more heavy-duty cord is often called a kabel instead, like in English.
• Kabel is also often used for wires that do not conduct electricity, like fiber-optic cables, and for some other specific cable types, like network cables (nätverkskablar), like in English.

Declension

Declension of sladd

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	sladd	sladds
	definite	sladden	sladdens
plural	indefinite	sladdar	sladdars
	definite	sladdarna	sladdarnas

Derived terms

• bredsladd
• nätsladd
• skarvsladd
• sladdbarn
• slatt
• telefonsladd
• vägsladd

Related terms

• sladda

See also

• el
• kabel
• kontakt
• slira

References

• sladd in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• sladd in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• sladd in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

References

• sladd 1, 2, 3 in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)