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blott

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See also: blött and bløtt

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German blot.

Adjective

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blott (neuter singular blott, definite singular and plural blotte)

  1. bare, naked
    med det blotte øyewith the naked eye

References

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German blot.

Adjective

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blott (neuter singular blott, definite singular and plural blotte)

  1. bare, naked
    med det blotte augetwith the naked eye

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German blôt, from Old Saxon *blōt. Doublet of blöt. Compare German bloß, Dutch bloot, Danish blot.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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blott (not comparable)

  1. mere
    komma undan med blotta förskräckelsen
    escape with mere surprise
    blotta ögat
    the naked eye
  2. (rare) exposed

Declension

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Inflection of blott
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular blott
neuter singular blott
plural blotta
masculine plural2 blotte
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 blotte
all blotta

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Derived terms

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Adverb

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blott (not comparable)

  1. merely, just
    Blott en dag, ett ögonblick i sänder
    Just one day, a moment at a time (song lyrics)

Conjunction

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blott

  1. but, if only
    Blott du mig ger ett enda litet ord, är jag din.
    If only you give me one little word, I'll be yours. (song lyrics)

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