sluten

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *slūtan

Verb

sluten

1. to close, to shut
2. to close off
3. to lock up
4. to establish, to confirm
5. to end, to put an end to

Inflection

Conjugation of sluten (strong class 2)

infinitive	base form	sluten
	genitive	slutens
	dative	slutene
		indicative			subjunctive
		present	past		present	past
1st person singular		slute	slôot		slute	slōte
2nd person singular		sluuts, slutes	slōots, slōtes		sluuts, slutes	slōtes
3rd person singular		sluut, slutet	slôot		slute	slōte
1st person plural		sluten	slōten		sluten	slōten
2nd person plural		sluut, slutet	slōot, slōtet		sluut, slutet	slōtet
3rd person plural		sluten	slōten		sluten	slōten
		imperative
singular		sluut, slute
plural		sluut, slutet
		present	past
participle		slutende	geslōten

Descendants

• Dutch: sluiten
  • Afrikaans: sluit
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: slokti
  • → Saramaccan: sòotó
• Limburgish: sloete

Further reading

• “sluten”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “sluten”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Swedish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /¹slʉːtɛn/

Noun

sluten

1. definite plural of slut

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²slʉːtɛn/

Participle

sluten

1. past participle of sluta

Adjective

sluten

1. closed, sealed (not open (to the outside), literally or figuratively)

   Det är ett hål i den, så den är inte sluten

   There is a hole in it, so it is not closed

   När kretsen är sluten lyser lampan

   When the circuit is closed, the light is on

   Beslutet togs i en sluten inre krets

   The decision was made in a closed inner circle

   1. (figuratively) closed off (psychologically)

      Jag vet aldrig hur han egentligen mår. Han är så sluten.

      I never know how he really feels. He's so closed off.

2. (mathematics) closed

   en sluten mängd

   a closed set

3. inpatient (of care)

   sluten vård / slutenvård

   inpatient care

Declension

Inflection of sluten

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	sluten	—	—
neuter singular	slutet	—	—
plural	slutna	—	—
masculine plural2	slutne	—	—
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	slutne	—	—
all	slutna	—	—

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

• slutenhet

References

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

Anagrams

• lusten, lutens, slutne, stulen