slätt

See also: slatt and slått

Swedish

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɛtː

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sléttr, from Proto-Germanic *slihtaz (“slippery, flat, level, plain”). Cognate with Swedish slät (“smooth”), English slight, Scots slicht (“bad, of poor quality”), West Frisian sljocht (“smooth, level, plain, simple”), Dutch slecht (“bad”), Low German slecht (“bad”), German schlecht (“bad”) and schlicht (“plain, artless, natural”), Danish slet (“bad, evil, poor, nasty, wrong”), Norwegian slett (“even”), Icelandic sléttur (“even, smooth, level”).

Noun

slätt c

1. (geography) a plain (a large expanse of relatively flat land)

Declension

Declension of slätt
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	slätt	slätten	slätter	slätterna
Genitive	slätts	slättens	slätters	slätternas

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

slätt

1. indefinite neuter singular of slät

Further reading

• slätt in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• tälts