sliten

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *slītan, from Proto-West Germanic *slītan, from Proto-Germanic *slītaną.

Pronunciation

Verb

sliten

  1. to wear, to erode, to deteriorate with use, to slite
  2. to tear apart, to destroy

Inflection

Strong class 1
Infinitive sliten
3rd sg. past slêet
3rd pl. past slēten
Past participle geslēten
Infinitive sliten
In genitive slitens
In dative slitene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular slite slêet
2nd singular slijts, slites slēets, slētes
3rd singular slijt, slitet slêet
1st plural sliten slēten
2nd plural slijt, slitet slēet, slētet
3rd plural sliten slēten
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular slite slēte
2nd singular slijts, slites slētes
3rd singular slite slēte
1st plural sliten slēten
2nd plural slijt, slitet slētet
3rd plural sliten slēten
Imperative Present
Singular slijt, slite
Plural slijt, slitet
Present Past
Participle slitende geslēten

Descendants

  • Dutch: slijten
  • Limburgish: sliete

Further reading

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Participle of slita.

Pronunciation

Adjective

sliten (neuter slite or slitent, definite singular and plural slitne, comparative slitnare, indefinite superlative slitnast, definite superlative slitnaste)

  1. exhausted, worn out

References

Swedish

Participle

sliten

  1. past participle of slita

Adjective

sliten (comparative slitnare, superlative slitnast)

  1. worn, worn out (of a thing or person)
    1. tired, worse for wear
      Du ser lite sliten ut
      You look a bit tired

Declension

Inflection of sliten
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular sliten slitnare slitnast
Neuter singular slitet slitnare slitnast
Plural slitna slitnare slitnast
Masculine plural3 slitne slitnare slitnast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 slitne slitnare slitnaste
All slitna slitnare slitnaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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