flad

Danish

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈflæˀð], [ˈflæˀð]

Adjective

flad (neuter fladt, plural and definite singular attributive flade)

1. flat
2. crestfallen
3. poor, feeble, insipid
4. (slang) broke (lacking money)
5. deadbeat (exhausted)
6. dead, flat (of a battery: unable to generate power)
7. (nominalized, common gender) a slap to the face

   Jeg stak ham en flad.

   I slapped him.

Inflection

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

• (slap): lussing

Romansch

Alternative forms

• flo (Sutsilvan, Surmiran)
• fled (Puter)
• flà (Vallader)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin flātus.

Noun

flad m (plural flads)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) breath (of air)

Derived terms

• (Rumantsch Grischun) trair flad, trair il flad
• (Sursilvan) trer flad