slutte

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German slūten (“to close”), from Old Saxon slūtan, from Proto-West Germanic *sleutan. Cognate with German schließen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈslud̥ə]

Verb

slutte (imperative slut, infinitive at slutte, present tense slutter, past tense sluttede, perfect tense har sluttet)

1. to end, to finale
2. to conclude

Inflection

Conjugation of slutte

active passive present sluter slutes past slutede slutedes infinitive slute slutes imperative slut — participle present slutende past slutet (auxiliary verb have) gerund sluten

Synonyms

• (to end): afslutte
• (to conclude): konkludere

Related terms

• slutning

Middle English

Alternative forms

• slotte, slute, slutt

Etymology

Unknown.

Noun

slutte

1. A slovenly, untidy, or dirty woman.
2. A morally loose woman.

Descendants

• English: slut
• Yola: slut

References

• “slutte, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German Low German sluten.

Pronunciation

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Verb

slutte (imperative slutt, present tense slutter, simple past and past participle slutta or sluttet, present participle sluttende)

1. to end
2. to complete
3. to conclude
4. to stop or quit (doing something, e.g. smoking)

Derived terms

• kortslutte
• omslutte
• oppslutning

References

• “slutte” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

slutte (present tense sluttar, past tense slutta, past participle slutta, passive infinitive sluttast, present participle sluttande, imperative slutte/slutt)

1. Alternative form of slutta