bälte

See also: balte, Balte, baltë, and bælte

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse belti, from Proto-Germanic *baltijaz (belt), from Latin balteus.

Noun

bälte n

  1. a belt (around the waist, or around the torso or the like, of for example a seat belt (säkerhetsbälte) – compare rem)
    1. a belt (in martial arts)
      svart bälte
      black belt
  2. a belt ((long, broad) area)
    bibelbälte
    Bible belt
    1. a slick (from an oil spill)
      ett oljebälte
      an oil slick

Declension

Declension of bälte
nominative genitive
singular indefinite bälte bältes
definite bältet bältets
plural indefinite bälten bältens
definite bältena bältenas

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