slätt
Swedish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Norse sléttr, from Proto-Germanic *slihtaz (“slippery, flat, level, plain”). Cognate with Swedish slät (“smooth”), English slight, Scots slicht (“bad, of poor quality”), West Frisian sljocht (“smooth, level, plain, simple”), Dutch slecht (“bad”), Low German slecht (“bad”), German schlecht (“bad”) and schlicht (“plain, artless, natural”), Danish slet (“bad, evil, poor, nasty, wrong”), Norwegian slett (“even”), Icelandic sléttur (“even, smooth, level”).
Noun
editslätt c
Declension
editDeclension of slätt
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
editslätt
Further reading
edit- slätt in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- slätt in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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