sloot

English

Alternative forms

• sluit

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans sloot, from Dutch sloot, from Middle Dutch slote, sloot, from Old Dutch *slōt, from Proto-West Germanic *slaut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsluːt/, /ˈsluːɪt/

Noun

sloot (plural sloots)

1. (South Africa) A ditch.
2. (South Africa, archaic) An irrigation channel.
   • 1901 April 26, “The March Rains”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record‎^[1], volume 4, number 4, page 101:

     Gorton, Ixopo, continues to suffer from prolonged drought. The Ixopo has not been so low for the last fifty years. Some sluits around here have ceased running.

References

• "sloot" in Dictionary of South African English

Anagrams

• loots, lotos, sotol, stool, tools, tosol

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sloːt/

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• Hyphenation: sloot
• Rhymes: -oːt
• Homophone: Sloot

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch slote, sloot, from Old Dutch *slōt, from Proto-West Germanic *slaut.

Noun

sloot f (plural sloten, diminutive slootje n)

1. ditch, trench

Synonyms

• greppel

Derived terms

• slootmus
• slootwater
• in zeven sloten tegelijk lopen
• geen oude koeien uit de sloot halen
• met de hakken over de sloot

Descendants

• Afrikaans: sloot
  • → English: sloot, sluit

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sloot

1. singular past indicative of sluiten

Anagrams

• loost