sluten

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *slūtan

Verb

sluten

  1. to close, to shut
  2. to close off
  3. to lock up
  4. to establish, to confirm
  5. to end, to put an end to

Inflection

Strong class 2
Infinitive sluten
3rd sg. past slôot
3rd pl. past slōten
Past participle geslōten
Infinitive sluten
In genitive slutens
In dative slutene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular slute slôot
2nd singular sluuts, slutes slōots, slōtes
3rd singular sluut, slutet slôot
1st plural sluten slōten
2nd plural sluut, slutet slōot, slōtet
3rd plural sluten slōten
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular slute slōte
2nd singular sluuts, slutes slōtes
3rd singular slute slōte
1st plural sluten slōten
2nd plural sluut, slutet slōtet
3rd plural sluten slōten
Imperative Present
Singular sluut, slute
Plural sluut, slutet
Present Past
Participle slutende geslōten

Descendants

  • Dutch: sluiten
    • Afrikaans: sluit
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: slokti
    • → Saramaccan: sòotó
  • Limburgish: sloete

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

sluten

  1. definite plural of slut

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Participle

sluten

  1. past participle of sluta

Adjective

sluten

  1. closed, sealed (not open (to the outside), literally or figuratively)
    Det är ett hål i den, så den är inte sluten
    There is a hole in it, so it is not closed
    När kretsen är sluten lyser lampan
    When the circuit is closed, the light is on
    Beslutet togs i en sluten inre krets
    The decision was made in a closed inner circle
    1. (figuratively) closed off (psychologically)
      Jag vet aldrig hur han egentligen mår. Han är så sluten.
      I never know how he really feels. He's so closed off.
  2. (mathematics) closed
    en sluten mängd
    a closed set
  3. inpatient (of care)
    sluten vård / slutenvård
    inpatient care
Declension
Inflection of sluten
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular sluten — —
neuter singular slutet — —
plural slutna — —
masculine plural2 slutne — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 slutne — —
all slutna — —

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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