glat
Danish edit
Adjective edit
glat (neuter glat, plural and definite singular attributive glatte)
- slippery
- Pas på, her er glat.
- smooth
- Hans hage var glat.
- (calculus) differentiable everywhere
Luxembourgish edit
Etymology edit
From Old High German (*)glad, northern variant of glat, from Proto-Germanic *gladaz. The modern final -t is irregularly generalised from the uninflected stem.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
glat (masculine glaten, neuter glat, comparative méi glat, superlative am glaatsten)
- smooth
- Den Hond hat e schéine, glate Pelz.
- The dog had a beautiful, smooth coat.
- slippery (e.g. because of ice or water)
- Hien ass op dem glate Buedem ausgerëtscht.
- He slipped on the slippery floor.
Declension edit
declension of glat
| number and gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | hien ass glat | si ass glat | et ass glat | si si(nn) glat | |
| nominative / accusative |
attributive and/or after determiner | glaten | glat | glat | glat |
| independent without determiner | glates | glater | |||
| dative | after any declined word | glaten | glater | glaten | glaten |
| as first declined word | glatem | glatem | |||
Adverb edit
glat
Old High German edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *glad, from Proto-Germanic *gladaz.
Adjective edit
glat