slette

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See also: sleťte

Danish

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse slétta, derived from the adjective sléttr (“even”).

Noun

slette c (singular definite sletten, plural indefinite sletter)

  1. (geography) a plain (a large expanse of relatively flat ground)
Declension
Declension of slette
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative slette sletten sletter sletterne
genitive slettes slettens sletters sletternes

Etymology 2

From Old Norse slétta (“to even out”), from Proto-Germanic *slihtijaną, cognate with German schlichten (“to smooth, settle”), Dutch slechten (“to smooth, remove”). Derived from the adjective *slihtaz (“even”).

Verb

slette (past tense slettede, past participle slettet)

  1. to delete (from a written text or a digital memory)
  2. to eradicate (from a landscape or from somebody’s memory)
  3. to annul (make invalid)
Conjugation
Inflection of slette
present past
simple sletter slettede
perfect har slettet havde slettet
passive slettes slettedes
participle slettende slettet
imperative slet —
infinitive slette —
auxiliary verb have —
gerund sletten —

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

slette

  1. definite singular of slet
  2. plural of slet

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

Adjective

slette

  1. definite singular of slett
  2. plural of slett

Etymology 2

From Old Norse slétta.

Noun

slette f or m (definite singular sletta or sletten, indefinite plural sletter, definite plural slettene)

  1. (geography) a plain (a large expanse of relatively flat ground)
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Old Norse slétta.

Verb

slette (present tense sletter, simple past and past participle sletta or slettet)

  1. to delete, erase
    Han liker å slette hærverk. ― He likes deleting vandalism.
  2. to straighten, smooth
    Hun slettet på håret hans. ― She straightened his hair.
Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Adjective

slette

  1. definite singular of slett
  2. plural of slett

Etymology 2

From Old Norse slétta.

Alternative forms

Noun

slette f (definite singular sletta, indefinite plural sletter, definite plural slettene)

  1. (geography) a plain (a large expanse of relatively flat ground)
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Verb

slette (present tense slettar, past tense sletta, past participle sletta, passive infinitive slettast, present participle slettande, imperative slette/slett)

  1. Alternative form of sletta

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