bälte

See also: balte, Balte, baltë, and bælte

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse belti, from Proto-Germanic *baltijaz (“belt”), from Latin balteus.

Noun

bälte n

1. a belt (around the waist, or around the torso or the like, of for example a seat belt (säkerhetsbälte) – compare rem)
   1. a belt (in martial arts)

      svart bälte

      black belt

2. a belt ((long, broad) area)

   bibelbälte

   Bible belt

   1. a slick (from an oil spill)

      ett oljebälte

      an oil slick

Declension

Declension of bälte

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	bälte	bältes
	definite	bältet	bältets
plural	indefinite	bälten	bältens
	definite	bältena	bältenas

Derived terms

• bibelbälte
• bilbälte
• midjebälte
• oljebälte
• säkerhetsbälte
• trepunktsbälte

Related terms

• bälta

See also

• band
• lina
• livrem
• rem
• skärp
• svångrem

References

• bälte in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• bälte in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• bälte in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• bälte in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)