sluta

See also: slúta

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsluta]

Participle

sluta

1. inflection of slout:
   1. feminine singular passive participle
   2. neuter plural passive participle

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sleutaną.

Verb

slūta

1. to lock

Inflection

Conjugation of slūta (strong class 2)

infinitive	slūta
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	slūte	slāt
2nd person singular	slūtest, slūtst	slātest, slātst
3rd person singular	slūteth, slūtth	slāt
plural	slūtath	sleten
subjunctive	present	past
singular	slūte	slete
plural	slūte, slūten	slete, sleten
imperative	present
singular	slūt
plural	slūteth
participle	present	past
	slūtande	esleten, sleten

Descendants

• Saterland Frisian: sluute
• West Frisian: slute

Serbo-Croatian

Participle

sluta (Cyrillic spelling слута)

1. inflection of sluti:
   1. feminine singular passive past participle
   2. neuter plural passive past participle

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish slūta, from Low German sluten (“to lock up, shut”)

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -²ʉːta

Verb

sluta (present slutar, preterite slutade, supine slutat, imperative sluta)

1. to stop (come to an end), to end (come to an end)
2. to quit (e.g. school, a job or a habit)

   att sluta röka

   to quit smoking

3. to cease doing something

   Sluta skrika!

   Stop screaming!

4. to finish; to have as a result (from a competition)

   Hon slutade på andra plats i tävlingen

   She finished as runner-up in the competition

Conjugation

Conjugation of sluta (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	sluta		—
supine	slutat		—
imperative	sluta		—
imper. plural1	sluten		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	slutar	slutade	—	—
ind. plural1	sluta	slutade	—	—
subjunctive2	slute	slutade	—	—
present participle		slutande
past participle		slutad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Synonyms

• (stop): upphöra

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “stop”): börja, påbörja
• (antonym(s) of “quit”): börja

Derived terms

• avsluta
• sluta upp

Verb

sluta (present sluter, preterite slöt, supine slutit, imperative slut)

1. to close, to shut (make closed by closing one or more openings)

   Han slöt ögonen

   He closed his eyes

2. (reflexive) to become or make oneself closed (as above)

   Slemmonstret har tusentals hål. När det sluter sig så stängs hålen.

   The slime monster has thousands of holes. When it closes itself, the holes close.

3. (figuratively, reflexive) to retract within oneself; to reduce one's connections with other people
4. (reflexive, with samman (“together”)) to join together

   Synonym: förena sig

   De tre grupperna slöt sig samman

   The three groups joined forces

5. to connect the ends of a curve so that it no longer has any beginning nor end, to close

   sluta en kurva

   close a curve

6. (in a few expressions) to formally agree on (something)

   sluta fred

   make peace

   sluta förbund

   make an alliance

   De slöt en överenskommelse om att fortsätta förhandlingarna

   They struck a deal to continue the negotiations

Conjugation

Conjugation of sluta (class 2 strong)

	active		passive
infinitive	sluta		slutas
supine	slutit		slutits
imperative	slut		—
imper. plural1	sluten		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	sluter	slöt	sluts, slutes	slöts
ind. plural1	sluta	slöto	slutas	slötos
subjunctive2	slute	slöte	slutes	slötes
present participle		slutande
past participle		sluten

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Synonyms

• (close): stänga
• (retract within oneself): dra sig tillbaka

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “close”): öppna, öppna upp
• (antonym(s) of “retract”): öppna sig

Derived terms

• besluta
• försluta
• innesluta
• sammansluten
• sluta sig till
• sluta upp
• tillsluta

References

• sluta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• sluta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• sluta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• lusta, lutas, sulat