blott

See also: blött and bløtt

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German blot.

Adjective

blott (neuter singular blott, definite singular and plural blotte)

  1. bare, naked
    med det blotte øyewith the naked eye

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German blot.

Adjective

blott (neuter singular blott, definite singular and plural blotte)

  1. bare, naked
    med det blotte augetwith the naked eye

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German blôt, from Old Saxon *blōt. Doublet of blöt. Compare German bloß, Dutch bloot, Danish blot.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /blɔtː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Homophone: blått

Adjective

blott (not comparable)

  1. mere
    komma undan med blotta förskräckelsen
    escape with mere surprise
    blotta ögat
    the naked eye
  2. (rare) exposed

Declension

Inflection of blott
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular blott
neuter singular blott
plural blotta
masculine plural2 blotte
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 blotte
all blotta

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Derived terms

Adverb

blott (not comparable)

  1. merely, just
    Blott en dag, ett ögonblick i sänder
    Just one day, a moment at a time (song lyrics)

Conjunction

blott

  1. but, if only
    Blott du mig ger ett enda litet ord, är jag din.
    If only you give me one little word, I'll be yours. (song lyrics)

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