flad

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse flatr, from Proto-Germanic *flataz, cognate with English flat. The Germanic adjective goes back to Proto-Indo-European *plat- (“flat”), cf. Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús) (whence, via Latin, Danish plat and plads).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈflæˀð], [ˈflæˀð]

Adjective

flad (neuter fladt, plural and definite singular attributive flade)

  1. flat
  2. crestfallen
  3. poor, feeble, insipid
  4. (slang) broke (lacking money)
  5. deadbeat (exhausted)
  6. dead, flat (of a battery: unable to generate power)
  7. (nominalized, common gender) a slap to the face
    Jeg stak ham en flad.
    I slapped him.

Inflection

Inflection of flad
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular flad fladere fladest2
indefinite neuter singular fladt fladere fladest2
plural flade fladere fladest2
definite attributive1 flade fladere fladeste

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Synonyms

Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin flātus.

Noun

flad m (plural flads)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) breath (of air)

Derived terms

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