flad

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse flatr, from Proto-Germanic *flataz, cognate with English flat. The Germanic adjective goes back to Proto-Indo-European *plat- (“flat”), cf. Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús) (whence, via Latin, Danish plat and plads).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈflæˀð], [ˈflæˀð]

Adjective

flad (neuter fladt, plural and definite singular attributive flade)

1. flat
2. crestfallen
3. poor, feeble, insipid
4. (slang) broke (lacking money)
5. deadbeat (exhausted)
6. dead, flat (of a battery: unable to generate power)
7. (nominalized, common gender) a slap to the face

   Jeg stak ham en flad.

   I slapped him.

Inflection

Inflection of flad

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	flad	fladere	fladest2
indefinite neuter singular	fladt	fladere	fladest2
plural	flade	fladere	fladest2
definite attributive1	flade	fladere	fladeste

¹ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
² The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Synonyms

• (slap): lussing

Romansch

Alternative forms

• flo (Sutsilvan, Surmiran)
• fled (Puter)
• flà (Vallader)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin flātus.

Noun

flad m (plural flads)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) breath (of air)

Derived terms

• (Rumantsch Grischun) trair flad, trair il flad
• (Sursilvan) trer flad