sluse

Danish

Noun

sluse c (singular definite slusen, plural indefinite sluser)

1. A sluice, lock (a segment of a canal or other waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels)

Compounds

• bussluse (“bus trap”)

Middle English

Noun

sluse

1. Alternative form of scluse

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German sluse, from Old French escluse, from Late Latin exclusa.

Noun

sluse f or m (definite singular slusa or slusen, indefinite plural sluser, definite plural slusene)

1. A sluice, lock (a segment of a canal or other waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels)

Compounds

• bussluse (“bus trap”)

References

• “sluse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “sluse_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German Low German, from Latin exclusa (“extrusion, gate”), from Latin exclūsus, form of exclūdō (“I shut out, I exclude”). Akin to English sluice.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²slʉːsə/

Noun

sluse f (definite singular slusa, indefinite plural sluser, definite plural slusene)

1. A sluice, lock (a segment of a canal or other waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels)

Compounds

• bussluse (“bus trap”)

References

• “sluse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.