slet

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See also: sleť

Czech

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Etymology

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Deverbal from sletět.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈslɛt]
  • Rhymes: -ɛt
  • Hyphenation: slet

Noun

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slet m inan

  1. flight downwards
  2. gathering

Declension

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Further reading

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  • slet in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • slet in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • slet in Internetová jazyková příručka

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Danish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse sléttr, from Proto-Germanic *slihtaz, cognate with English slight, German slecht, slicht, with meaning influenced by Middle Low German slicht, slecht.

Adjective

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slet (plural and definite singular attributive slete)

  1. bad
  2. evil
  3. (archaic) plain

Adverb

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slet

  1. at all (always before the negation: slet ikke, slet ingen)
  2. simply - in the phrase slet og ret (simply)
  3. quite - in the phrase ikke slet så (not quite as)

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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slet

  1. imperative of slette

Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch slette. In the semantic ‘loose woman’ earliest attested in 1599; a similar development is also visible in bel.

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /slɛt/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

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slet f (plural sletten, diminutive sletje n)

  1. slut
  2. (archaic, dialectal) rag, cloth
    • 1725, "Lofsang. 108. 109" (Psalm 109, verse 24), Lieue telim. Dat is Loovingen Godes of lof-sangen van David page 292.
    • 26. Myn' knijen wierden door / 't vaſten ſlap als een ſlet: / En maager wierd myn vlees, / het wellek eerſt was vet.
      Fasting made my knees weak as a piece of cloth, and my flesh, which once was fat, became meagre.

Derived terms

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Anagrams

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Adjective

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slet

  1. Alternative form of sleighte

Etymology 2

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Noun

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slet

  1. Alternative form of slete

Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Verb

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slet

  1. simple past of slite

Swedish

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Verb

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slet

  1. past indicative of slita

Anagrams

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