bälte
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse belti, from Proto-Germanic *baltijaz (“belt”), from Latin balteus.
Noun
bälte n
- a belt (around the waist, or around the torso or the like, of for example a seat belt (säkerhetsbälte) – compare rem)
- a belt (in martial arts)
- svart bälte
- black belt
- a belt (in martial arts)
- a belt ((long, broad) area)
- bibelbälte
- Bible belt
- a slick (from an oil spill)
- ett oljebälte
- an oil slick
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | bälte | bältes |
| definite | bältet | bältets | |
| plural | indefinite | bälten | bältens |
| definite | bältena | bältenas |
Derived terms
- bibelbälte
- bilbälte
- midjebälte
- oljebälte
- säkerhetsbälte
- trepunktsbälte
Related terms
See also
References
- bälte in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- bälte in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- bälte in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- bälte in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)