glat
Danish
Etymology
From Middle Low German and German glatt. Related to glad.
Adjective
glat (neuter glat, plural and definite singular attributive glatte)
- slippery
- Pas på, her er glat.
- smooth
- Hans hage var glat.
- (calculus) differentiable everywhere
Inflection
| positive | comparative | superlative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite common singular | glat | glattere | glattest2 |
| indefinite neuter singular | glat | glattere | glattest2 |
| plural | glatte | glattere | glattest2 |
| definite attributive1 | glatte | glattere | glatteste |
1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.
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Derived terms
References
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Old High German (*)glad, northern variant of glat, from Proto-Germanic *gladaz. The modern final -t is irregularly generalised from the uninflected stem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡlaːt/
- Rhymes: -aːt
Adjective
glat (masculine glaten, neuter glat, comparative méi glat, superlative am glaatsten)
- smooth
- Den Hond hat e schéine, glate Pelz.
- The dog had a beautiful, smooth coat.
- slippery (e.g. because of ice or water)
- Hien ass op dem glate Buedem ausgerëtscht.
- He slipped on the slippery floor.
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | hien ass glat | si ass glat | et ass glat | si si(nn) glat | |
| nominative / accusative |
attributive and/or after determiner | glaten | glat | glat | glat |
| independent without determiner | glates | glater | |||
| dative | after any declined word | glaten | glater | glaten | glaten |
| as first declined word | glatem | glatem | |||
Adverb
glat
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *glad, from Proto-Germanic *gladaz.
Adjective
glat