slekt

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Etymology

From Middle Low German slecht(e) (“ancestry, lineage, family”).

Noun

slekt f (genitive singular slektar, plural slektir)

  1. family, lineage, gender, people
  2. (biology, taxonomy) genus

Declension

Declension of slekt
f2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative slekt slektin slektir slektirnar
accusative slekt slektina slektir slektirnar
dative slekt slektini slektum slektunum
genitive slektar slektarinnar slekta slektanna

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References

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From Middle Low German slecht(e) (“ancestry, lineage, family”). Displaced native ætt (“family, generation”).

Noun

slekt f or m (definite singular slekta or slekten, indefinite plural slekter, definite plural slektene)

  1. a family (group of people with the same ancestry)
    i slekt med - related to
  2. (biology) a genus

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

From Middle Low German slecht(e) (“ancestry, lineage, family”).

Noun

slekt f (definite singular slekta, indefinite plural slekter, definite plural slektene)

  1. a family (as above)
  2. (biology) a genus

Derived terms

References

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