Schlitten

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German slite, from Old High German slito, from Proto-Germanic *slidô. Cognate with Luxembourgish Schlitt, Dutch slee, English sled and sleigh, Swedish släde, Icelandic sleði, Italian slitta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃlɪtən/
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Noun

Schlitten m (strong, genitive Schlittens, plural Schlitten)

  1. sled, sledge, sleigh (any vehicle moving over snow or ice on parallel skids)
  2. (by extension) any construction that slides on skids or rails
  3. (colloquial) a large, usually expensive car
  4. (vulgar, slang) a person, usually female, seen as a sex object

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Further reading

  • Schlitten” in Duden online
  • Schlitten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache