slätt

See also: slatt and slått

Swedish

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  • Rhymes: -ɛtː

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sléttr, from Proto-Germanic *slihtaz (“slippery, flat, level, plain”). Cognate with Swedish slät (“smooth”), English slight, Scots slicht (“bad, of poor quality”), West Frisian sljocht (“smooth, level, plain, simple”), Dutch slecht (“bad”), Low German slecht (“bad”), German schlecht (“bad”) and schlicht (“plain, artless, natural”), Danish slet (“bad, evil, poor, nasty, wrong”), Norwegian slett (“even”), Icelandic sléttur (“even, smooth, level”).

Noun

slätt c

  1. (geography) a plain (a large expanse of relatively flat land)
Declension
Declension of slätt
nominative genitive
singular indefinite slätt slätts
definite slätten slättens
plural indefinite slätter slätters
definite slätterna slätternas
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

slätt

  1. indefinite neuter singular of slät

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