slå

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See also: sla, SLA, slá, sláa, and -sla

Danish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse slá (“bar, rail”), from Proto-Germanic *slahō, derived from *slahaną (“to hit”).

Noun

slå c (singular definite slåen, plural indefinite slåer)

  1. bolt
Declension
Declension of slå
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative slå slåen slåer slåerne
genitive slås slåens slåers slåernes

Further reading

Etymology 2

From Old Norse slá (“to hit, beat, strike”), from Proto-Germanic *slahaną (“to hit, strike, kill”), cognate with English slay, German schlagen.

Verb

slå (past tense slog, past participle slået, plural and definite singular slåede, or (archaic) slagen, plural and definite singular slagne)

  1. to beat, hit, knock
  2. to mow
  3. to strike, defeat
  4. (passive voice) to fight - see slås
Conjugation
Inflection of slå
present past
simple slår slog
perfect har slået havde slået
passive slås sloges
participle slående slået
imperative slå —
infinitive slå —
auxiliary verb have —
gerund slåen —

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse slá (“to hit, beat, strike”), from Proto-Germanic *slahaną (“to hit, strike, kill”), from Proto-Indo-European *slak- (“to hit, strike, throw”).

Verb

slå (imperative slå, present tense slår, passive slås, simple past slo, past participle slått, present participle slående)

  1. to beat, punch, hit, strike
  2. (nautical) to tack (to turn a vessel onto the other tack; come about)
  3. slå sammen - to amalgamate
  4. to cut, mow, reap (grass, hay, grain)
  5. to beat, defeat, win against

Derived terms

Noun

slå f or m (definite singular slåa or slåen, indefinite plural slåer, definite plural slåene)

  1. a bolt for a door.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse slá (“to hit, beat, strike”), from Proto-Germanic *slahaną (“to hit, strike, kill”), from Proto-Indo-European *slak- (“to hit, strike, throw”). Akin to English slay.

Pronunciation

Verb

slå (present tense slår, past tense slo, supine slege or slått, past participle slegen or slått, present participle slåande, imperative slå)

  1. to beat, punch, hit
  2. to tack (to turn a vessel onto the other tack; come about)
  3. to cut, mow, reap (grass, hay, grain)

Derived terms

Noun

slå f (definite singular slåa, indefinite plural slåer, definite plural slåene)

  1. a bolt for a door.

Derived terms

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Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sloː/,
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Etymology 1

From Old Swedish slā, from Old Norse slá, from Proto-Germanic *slahaną, from Proto-Indo-European *slak- (“to hit, strike, throw”).

Verb

slå (present slår, preterite slog, supine slagit, imperative slå)

  1. to hit, punch or beat (someone); to give a blow.
  2. to strike; to hit, especially with some kind of tool.
  3. (of a clock) to strike
    Klockan har just slagit tre.
    The clock has just struck three.
  4. to defeat; to win against; to beat
    Hon slog världsrekordsinnehavaren
    She beat the world record holder
  5. to break a record
    Hon har slagit världsrekord!
    She has broken a world record!
  6. to become a hit, to become very popular
  7. to throw a die
  8. to pour
    Synonym: hälla
    Slå mjölk i soppan
    Pour milk into the soup
    Slå i mera mjöd, det får bli min död
    Pour in more mead, I'll let it be my death
  9. (certain board games) to capture, to take one of the opponent's pieces out of play
    I schack är kungen den enda pjäs som inte får slås.
    In chess, the king is the only piece which may not be taken.
  10. (in "slå knut") to tie or form a (often figurative) knot
    Synonym: knyta
  11. to cut, to mow (with a scythe)
Conjugation
Conjugation of slå (class 6 strong)
Active Passive
Infinitive slå slås
Supine slagit slagits
Imperative slå —
Imper. plural1 slån —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative slår slog slås slogs
Ind. plural1 slå slogo slås slogos
Subjunctive2 slå sloge slås sloges
Participles
Present participle slående
Past participle slagen
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Derived terms
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See also

Etymology 2

From Old Norse slá and the same ultimate source as Etymology 1 above.

Noun

slå c

  1. a beam
Declension
Declension of slå 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative slå slån slåar slåarna
Genitive slås slåns slåars slåarnas
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