slott

From Middle Low German slot, from Proto-Germanic *slutą.

slott n (genitive singular slots, plural slott)

1. castle
2. palace
3. manor house

From Middle Low German slot, from Proto-Germanic *slutą.

• IPA^(key): /slot/, [ʂlɔt]

slott n (definite singular slottet, indefinite plural slott, definite plural slotta or slottene)

1. a palace

“slott” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Middle Low German slot, from Proto-Germanic *slutą.

• IPA^(key): /slɔtː/
• Homophone: slått

slott n (definite singular slottet, indefinite plural slott, definite plural slotta)

1. a palace

“slott” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Middle Low German slot, from Proto-Germanic *slutą (see Proto-West Germanic *slot for more).

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slott n

1. a castle, a palace (large, grand building serving or previously serving as a residence for royalty or nobility (where fortification, if at all present, is often secondary))

   Det spökar på slottet

   The castle is haunted

   (literally, “It ghosts [is ghostly activity] at the castle”)

2. a (large, grand, more or less (purportedly) castle or palace-like) manor, like for example a château

• For comparison, a borg is a castle serving as a fortress, implying heavier fortification and less grandeur.
• The immediate intuition for most native speakers is probably closest to Neuschwanstein (with towers, pinnacles, etc.), similar to for castle in English.

• borg
• herrgård
• palats
• tinne

• slott in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• slott in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• lotts, stolt