slee

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See also: Slee and sleë

English

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Adjective

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slee (comparative sleer, superlative sleest)

  1. (dialectal, chiefly Northern England and Scotland) Alternative form of sly

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Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch slee.

Noun

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slee (plural sleë)

  1. sledge
  2. sled, sleigh

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sleː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: slee
  • Rhymes: -eː

Etymology 1

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From older slede, from Middle Dutch slēde, from Old Dutch *slido, from Proto-Germanic *slidô.

Noun

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slee f (plural sleeën, diminutive sleetje n)

  1. sled, sleigh, wheelless vehicle which glides on land or ice
  2. (colloquial) a large/prestigious car
    Synonym: bolide
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Descendants
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  • Afrikaans: slee
  • English: sleigh
  • Papiamentu: slede (dated, from slede)

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Germanic *slaihǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₃y- (bluish); cognate to English sloe, and perhaps with Russian сли́ва (slíva, plum).

Noun

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slee m (plural sleeën, diminutive sleetje n)

  1. blackthorn (Prunus spinosa)
    Synonym: sleedoorn
  2. sloe (fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa)
    Synonyms: sleedoorn, sleepruim

Etymology 3

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From Middle Dutch slêeu, from Proto-Germanic *slaiwaz. Cognate with obsolete German schleh, English slow, Swedish slö.

Adjective

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slee (comparative sleeër, superlative sleest)

  1. stiff, cramped
  2. blunt
  3. sour
Declension
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Declension of slee
uninflected slee
inflected sleeë
comparative sleeër
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial slee sleeër het sleest
het sleeste
indefinite m./f. sing. sleeë sleeëre sleeste
n. sing. slee sleeër sleeste
plural sleeë sleeëre sleeste
definite sleeë sleeëre sleeste
partitive slees sleeërs
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Etymology 4

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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slee

  1. inflection of sleeën:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

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