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slå

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See also: sla, SLA, slá, sláa, and -sla

Danish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse slá (“bar, rail”), from Proto-Germanic *slahō, derived from *slahaną (“to hit”).

Noun

slå c (singular definite slåen, plural indefinite slåer)

  1. bolt
Declension
More information common gender, singular ...

Further reading

Etymology 2

From Old Norse slá (“to hit, beat, strike”), from Proto-Germanic *slahaną (“to hit, strike, kill”), cognate with English slay, German schlagen.

Verb

slå (past tense slog, past participle slået, plural and definite singular slåede, or (archaic) slagen, plural and definite singular slagne)

  1. to beat, hit, knock
  2. to mow
  3. to strike, defeat
  4. (passive voice) to fight - see slås
Conjugation
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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse slá (“to hit, beat, strike”), from Proto-Germanic *slahaną (“to hit, strike, kill”), from Proto-Indo-European *slak- (“to hit, strike, throw”).

Verb

slå (imperative slå, present tense slår, passive slås, simple past slo, past participle slått, present participle slående)

  1. to beat, punch, hit, strike
  2. (nautical) to tack (to turn a vessel onto the other tack; come about)
  3. slå sammen - to amalgamate
  4. to cut, mow, reap (grass, hay, grain)
  5. to beat, defeat, win against

Derived terms

Noun

slå f or m (definite singular slåa or slåen, indefinite plural slåer, definite plural slåene)

  1. a bolt for a door.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse slá (“to hit, beat, strike”), from Proto-Germanic *slahaną (“to hit, strike, kill”), from Proto-Indo-European *slak- (“to hit, strike, throw”). Akin to English slay.

Pronunciation

Verb

slå (present tense slår, past tense slo, supine slege or slått, past participle slegen or slått, present participle slåande, imperative slå)

  1. to beat, punch, hit
  2. to tack (to turn a vessel onto the other tack; come about)
  3. to cut, mow, reap (grass, hay, grain)

Derived terms

Noun

slå f (definite singular slåa, indefinite plural slåer, definite plural slåene)

  1. a bolt for a door.

Derived terms

References

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sloː/, [sl̪oə̯]
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Etymology 1

From Old Swedish slā, from Old Norse slá, from Proto-Germanic *slahaną, from Proto-Indo-European *slak- (“to hit, strike, throw”).

Verb

slå (present slår, preterite slog, supine slagit, imperative slå)

  1. to hit, punch or beat (someone); to give a blow.
  2. to strike; to hit, especially with some kind of tool.
  3. (of a clock) to strike
    Klockan har just slagit tre.
    The clock has just struck three.
  4. to defeat; to win against; to beat
    Hon slog världsrekordsinnehavaren
    She beat the world record holder
  5. to break a record
    Hon har slagit världsrekord!
    She has broken a world record!
  6. to become a hit, to become very popular
  7. to throw a die
  8. to pour
    Synonym: hälla
    Slå mjölk i soppan
    Pour milk into the soup
    Slå i mera mjöd, det får bli min död
    Pour in more mead, I'll let it be my death
  9. (certain board games) to capture, to take one of the opponent's pieces out of play
    I schack är kungen den enda pjäs som inte får slås.
    In chess, the king is the only piece which may not be taken.
  10. (in "slå knut") to tie or form a (often figurative) knot
    Synonym: knyta
  11. to cut, to mow (with a scythe)
Conjugation
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1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2

From Old Norse slá and the same ultimate source as Etymology 1 above.

Noun

slå c

  1. a beam
Declension
More information nominative, genitive ...

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