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)

  1. lock

Inflection

Derived terms

Verb

lås

  1. imperative of låse

Norwegian Bokmål

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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)

  1. a lock
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

lås

  1. imperative of låse

References

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)

  1. a lock

Derived terms

Verb

lås

  1. imperative of låsa

References

Swedish

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Etymology

From Old Norse láss, from Proto-Germanic *lamsaz.

Pronunciation

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Noun

lås n

  1. a lock
    sätta nyckeln i låset
    put the key in the lock

Declension

Declension of lås 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative lås låset lås låsen
Genitive lås låsets lås låsens

Derived terms

See also

Verb

lås

  1. imperative of låsa

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