lås

See also: laas, LAAS, lås', and Appendix:Variations of "las"

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse láss, from Proto-Germanic *lamsaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɔːs/, [lɔːˀs]

Noun

lås c (singular definite låsen, plural indefinite låse)

  1. lock

Inflection

Declension of lås
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lås låsen låse låsene
genitive lås' låsens låses låsenes

Derived terms

Verb

lås

  1. imperative of låse

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse láss, from Proto-Germanic *lamsaz. The neutrum gender was used in Riksmål at least since early XX century, probably as a borrowing from dialectal Norwegian.

Noun

lås m or n (definite singular låsen or låset, indefinite plural låser or lås, definite plural låsene or låsa)

  1. a lock
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

lås

  1. imperative of låse

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse láss, from Proto-Germanic *lamsaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /loːs/

Noun

lås m or n (definite singular låsen or låset, indefinite låsar or lås, definite plural låsane or låsa)

  1. a lock

Derived terms

Verb

lås

  1. imperative of låsa

References

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse láss, from Proto-Germanic *lamsaz.

Pronunciation

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Noun

lås n

  1. a lock
    sätta nyckeln i låset
    put the key in the lock

Declension

Declension of lås
nominative genitive
singular indefinite lås lås
definite låset låsets
plural indefinite lås lås
definite låsen låsens

Derived terms

See also

Verb

lås

  1. imperative of låsa

Further reading

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