sluss

Swedish

Noun

sluss c

1. (nautical) a lock (used for raising and lowering vessels in a canal or other waterway)
2. (figuratively) a mechanism that lets someone/something through, a lock

   luftsluss

   airlock

3. (figuratively) a floodgate (with a large figurative outpouring of something if opened)

   öppna slussarna

   open the floodgates

4. (in the definite "slussen", normally capitalized) Slussen (area in central Stockholm)

Declension

Declension of sluss
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	sluss	slussen	slussar	slussarna
Genitive	sluss	slussens	slussars	slussarnas

Derived terms

• luftsluss (“airlock”)
• slussa

References

• sluss in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• sluss in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• sluss in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)