slå

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

Danish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse slá (“bar, rail”).

Noun

slå c (singular definite slåen, plural indefinite slåer)

  1. bolt
Declension
Declension of slå
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative slå slåen slåer slåerne
genitive slås slåens slåers slåernes

Further reading

Etymology 2

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, infinitive at slå, present tense slår, past tense slog, perfect tense har slået)

  1. to beat
  2. to hit
  3. to knock
  4. to hurt
  5. to capture
  6. to mow
  7. to strike
  8. to defeat

Further reading

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)

Derived terms

Noun

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

  1. a bolt for a door.

Derived terms

References

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, past participle slege 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

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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

  1. hit, punch or beat (someone); to give a blow.
  2. strike; to hit, especially with some kind of tool.
  3. (of a clock) strike
    Klockan har just slagit tre.
    It's just after three o'clock.
  4. defeat; win against; to beat
    Hon slog världsrekordsinnehavaren
    She beat the world record holder
  5. break a record
    Hon har slagit världsrekord!
    She has broken a world record!
  6. to become a hit, to become very popular
  7. throw a die
  8. (certain board games) to take one of the opponents 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.
  9. cut, mow (with a scythe)
Conjugation
Conjugation of slå (class 6 strong)
Active Passive
Infinitive slå slås
Supine slagit slagits
Imperative slå —
Imper. plural1 slån —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative slår slog slås slogs
Ind. plural1 slå slogo slås slogos
Subjunctive2 slå sloge slås sloges
Participles
Present participle slående
Past participle slagen
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

Noun

slå c

  1. a beam
Declension
Declension of slå 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative slå slån slåar slåarna
Genitive slås slåns slåars slåarnas
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