See also: Glatt

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Yiddish גלאַט(glat, smooth). Doublet of glad.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ɡlæt/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -æt

AdjectiveEdit

glatt (not comparable)

  1. (Yinglish, of an animal, Judaism) Having none of a particular kind of adhesion on the outside of its lungs; only meat from a glatt animal can be kosher.
  2. (Yinglish, by extension, of food, Judaism) Having no ingredients from animals that are not glatt.

GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle High German and Old High German glat, from Proto-West Germanic *glad.

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

glatt (strong nominative masculine singular glatter, comparative glatter, superlative am glattesten)

  1. without roughness or unevenness: smooth; sleek, slick; even; clean (of a shave or cut); straight (of hair)
    ein glatter Brucha clean break
  2. slippery (from e.g. ice, but not from grease)
  3. (figuratively) smooth (without difficulty, problems, or unexpected consequences or incidents)
    alles läuft glatteverything is running smoothly
  4. (informal) clear, unequivocal
    ein glatter Siega clear win, a decisive victory
    glatter Betrugsheer fraud, naked fraud
  5. (mathematics, of a function) smooth (being infinitely differentiable)
  6. (mathematics, of an integer) smooth (having bounded prime factors)
  7. (weaponry) smoothbore
  8. (Switzerland) funny
  9. (obsolete) pretty
    • 1920 [1910], Hermann Löns, Der Wehrwolf [] [The Warwolf]‎[1]:
      Der Bauer schüttelte erst den Kopf, als der Prediger so sprach, aber als der ihm verklarte, daß die Bäuerin ihm aufgetragen hatte, dafür zu sorgen, daß Wieschen ihr Versprechen hielt, da meinte er bloß noch: »Die junge glatte Deern ist viel zu schade für mich. Seht her!«
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IcelandicEdit

AdjectiveEdit

glatt

  1. inflection of glaður:
    1. strong neuter nominative singular
    2. strong neuter accusative singular

ParticipleEdit

glatt

  1. inflection of gladdur:
    1. strong neuter nominative singular
    2. strong neuter accusative singular

VerbEdit

glatt

  1. supine of gleðja

Norwegian BokmålEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from German glatt.

AdjectiveEdit

glatt (neuter singular glatt, definite singular and plural glatte, comparative glattere, indefinite superlative glattest, definite superlative glatteste)

  1. smooth
  2. slippery

AdverbEdit

glatt

  1. smoothly

ReferencesEdit

Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from German glatt.

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

glatt (neuter singular glatt, definite singular and plural glatte, comparative glattare, indefinite superlative glattast, definite superlative glattaste)

  1. smooth
  2. slippery

AdverbEdit

glatt

  1. smoothly

ReferencesEdit

SwedishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowed from German glatt.

AdjectiveEdit

glatt (comparative glattare, superlative glattast)

  1. smooth; possessing a low amount of friction
  2. (mathematics) smooth
DeclensionEdit
Inflection of glatt
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular glatt glattare glattast
Neuter singular glatt glattare glattast
Plural glatta glattare glattast
Masculine plural3 glatte glattare glattast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 glatte glattare glattaste
All glatta glattare glattaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

Etymology 2Edit

From the adjective glad.

AdjectiveEdit

glatt

  1. absolute indefinite neuter singular of glad.

AdverbEdit

glatt (comparative gladare, superlative gladast)

  1. happily; in a happy and positive manner

Etymology 3Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

VerbEdit

glatt

  1. supine of glädja.