sliten

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *slītan, from Proto-West Germanic *slītan, from Proto-Germanic *slītaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsliːtən/

Verb

sliten

  1. to wear, to erode, to deteriorate with use, to slite
  2. to tear apart, to destroy

Inflection

Conjugation of sliten (strong class 1)
infinitive base form sliten
genitive slitens
dative slitene
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular slite slêet slite slēte
2nd person singular slijts, slites slēets, slētes slijts, slites slētes
3rd person singular slijt, slitet slêet slite slēte
1st person plural sliten slēten sliten slēten
2nd person plural slijt, slitet slēet, slētet slijt, slitet slētet
3rd person plural sliten slēten sliten slēten
imperative
singular slijt, slite
plural slijt, slitet
present past
participle slitende geslēten

Descendants

  • Dutch: slijten
    • Afrikaans: slyt
  • Limburgish: sliete

Further reading

  • sliten”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “sliten”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Participle of slita.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²ʂliːtən/

Adjective

sliten (neuter slite or slitent, definite singular and plural slitne, comparative slitnare, indefinite superlative slitnast, definite superlative slitnaste)

  1. exhausted, worn out

Synonyms

References

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsliː.ten/
  • IPA(key): /ˈsli.ten/

Verb

slīten

  1. plural present subjunctive of slītan

Verb

sliten

  1. plural preterite subjunctive of slītan

Participle

sliten

  1. past participle of slītan

Swedish

Participle

sliten

  1. past participle of slita

Adjective

sliten (comparative slitnare, superlative slitnast)

  1. worn, worn out (of a thing or person)
    1. tired, worse for wear
      Du ser lite sliten ut
      You look a bit tired

Declension

Inflection of sliten
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular sliten slitnare slitnast
neuter singular slitet slitnare slitnast
plural slitna slitnare slitnast
masculine plural2 slitne slitnare slitnast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 slitne slitnare slitnaste
all slitna slitnare slitnaste

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.

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