sluta

• IPA^(key): [ˈsluta]

sluta

1. inflection of slout:
   1. feminine singular passive participle
   2. neuter plural passive participle

From Proto-West Germanic *sleutan.

slūta

1. to lock

• Saterland Frisian: sluute
• West Frisian: slute

sluta (Cyrillic spelling слута)

1. inflection of sluti:
   1. feminine singular passive past participle
   2. neuter plural passive past participle

Inherited from Old Swedish slūta, from Low German sluten (“to lock up, shut”), from Middle Low German slūten, from Old Saxon *slūtan.

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• Rhymes: -²ʉːta

sluta (present slutar, preterite slutade, supine slutat, imperative sluta)

1. to stop (come to an end), to end (come to an end)

   Vem vet hur det slutar?

   Who knows how it ends?

2. to quit (e.g. school, a job or a habit)

   att sluta röka

   to quit smoking

3. to cease doing something

   Sluta skrika!

   Stop screaming!

4. to finish; to have as a result (from a competition)

   Hon slutade på andra plats i tävlingen

   She finished as runner-up in the competition

• (stop): upphöra

• (antonym(s) of “stop”): börja, påbörja
• (antonym(s) of “quit”): börja

• avsluta
• sluta upp

sluta (present sluter, preterite slöt, supine slutit, imperative slut)

1. to close, to shut (make closed by closing one or more openings)

   Han slöt ögonen

   He closed his eyes

2. (reflexive) to become or make oneself closed (as above)

   Slemmonstret har tusentals hål. När det sluter sig så stängs hålen.

   The slime monster has thousands of holes. When it closes itself, the holes close.

3. (figuratively, reflexive) to retract within oneself; to reduce one's connections with other people
4. (reflexive, with samman (“together”)) to join together

   Synonym: förena sig

   De tre grupperna slöt sig samman

   The three groups joined forces

5. to connect the ends of a curve so that it no longer has any beginning nor end, to close

   sluta en kurva

   close a curve

6. (in a few expressions) to formally agree on (something)

   sluta fred

   make peace

   sluta förbund

   make an alliance

   De slöt en överenskommelse om att fortsätta förhandlingarna

   They struck a deal to continue the negotiations

• (close): stänga
• (retract within oneself): dra sig tillbaka

• (antonym(s) of “close”): öppna, öppna upp
• (antonym(s) of “retract”): öppna sig

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

• lusta, lutas, sulat