lås
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Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse láss, from Proto-Germanic *lamsaz.
Pronunciation
Noun
lås c (singular definite låsen, plural indefinite låse)
Inflection
| common gender |
singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | lås | låsen | låse | låsene |
| genitive | lås' | låsens | låses | låsenes |
Derived terms
Verb
lås
- imperative of låse
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Old Norse láss, from Proto-Germanic *lamsaz. The neutrum gender was used in Riksmål at least since early XX century, probably as a borrowing from dialectal Norwegian.
Noun
lås m or n (definite singular låsen or låset, indefinite plural låser or lås, definite plural låsene or låsa)
- a lock
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
Verb
lås
- imperative of låse
References
- “lås” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse láss, from Proto-Germanic *lamsaz.
Pronunciation
Noun
lås m or n (definite singular låsen or låset, indefinite låsar or lås, definite plural låsane or låsa)
- a lock
Derived terms
Verb
lås
- imperative of låsa
References
- “lås” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse láss, from Proto-Germanic *lamsaz.
Pronunciation
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Noun
lås n
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | lås | lås |
| definite | låset | låsets | |
| plural | indefinite | lås | lås |
| definite | låsen | låsens |
Derived terms
- alkohollås
- alkolås
- baklås
- bakom lås och bom
- barnlås
- blixtlås
- blocklås
- bokstavslås
- bultlås
- bygellås
- centrallås
- cykellås
- cylinderlås
- dörrlås
- fjärrlås
- flintlås
- hjullås
- hänga på låset
- hänglås
- instickslås
- kedjelås
- kistlås
- klinklås
- knapplås
- knäpplås
- kodlås
- kombinationslås
- kortlås
- luntlås
- låsa
- låskolv
- låsring
- magnetlås
- munlås
- niotillhållarlås
- oljelås
- patentlås
- polhemslås
- polislås
- portföljlås
- portlås
- rattlås
- regellås
- remlås
- rörlås
- sjutillhållarlås
- smäcklås
- snapplås
- snäpplås
- säkerhetslås
- tidlås
- tillhållarlås
- tändningslås
- vajerlås
- vattenlås
- väsklås
See also
- nyckel c (“key”)
Verb
lås
- imperative of låsa
Further reading
- lås in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- lås in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)