slakna

• IPA^(key): /ˈstlahkna/
  • Rhymes: -ahkna

slakna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative slaknaði, supine slaknað)

1. (intransitive) to slacken, to become slack

• slaka
• slakur

slak (“slack”) +‎ -na (“-en”)

slakna (present slaknar, preterite slaknade, supine slaknat, imperative slakna)

1. to slacken (become (more) slack)
2. (figuratively) to lose strength or determination, to falter

   Han slaknade på upploppet

   He faltered on the home stretch

3. (of a penis) to become flaccid, to go soft
4. to have the penis become flaccid, to go soft
5. (figuratively, by either gender) to lose feelings of attraction; to become disinterested (either romantically or sexually)
   • 2024 November 4, “Anders Jansson, svarta väljare i USA-valet och det varmaste man kan äta” (80:15 (no music) from the start), in Morgonpasset i P3‎^[1] (radio), spoken by Anders Jansson and Linnéa Wikblad, Sveriges Radio:

     – Men under dom [i nördhierarkin], till och med, där ligger 30 plussare som fortfarande gör Pokémon GO. För det finns inget mer patetiskt.
     – Nej, jag slaknar och torkar ihop likt ett nypon i oktober.

     – But below them [in the nerd hierarchy], even, there are 30-somethings who still play Pokémon GO. Because there's nothing more pathetic.
     – No, I go limp and shrivel up like a rosehip in October.

• slakna in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• slakna in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• slakna in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)