flad
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse flatr, from Proto-Germanic *flataz, cognate with English flat. The Germanic adjective goes back to Proto-Indo-European *plat- (“flat”), cf. Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús) (whence, via Latin, Danish plat and plads).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
flad (neuter fladt, plural and definite singular attributive flade)
- flat
- crestfallen
- poor, feeble, insipid
- (slang) broke (lacking money)
- deadbeat (exhausted)
- dead, flat (of a battery: unable to generate power)
- (nominally, common gender) a slap to the face
- Jeg stak ham en flad.
- I slapped him.
- Jeg stak ham en flad.
Inflection edit
| Inflection of flad | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| Indefinte common singular | flad | fladere | fladest2 |
| Indefinite neuter singular | fladt | fladere | fladest2 |
| Plural | flade | fladere | fladest2 |
| Definite attributive1 | flade | fladere | fladeste |
| 1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. | |||
Synonyms edit
- (slap): lussing
Romansch edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
flad m (plural flads)
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) breath (of air)
Derived terms edit
- (Rumantsch Grischun) trair flad, trair il flad
- (Sursilvan) trer flad