slå

See also: sla, SLA, slá, sláa, and -sla

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slɔːˀ/, [ˈsl̥ɔˀ]
• Rhymes: -ɑː

Etymology 1

From Old Norse slá (“bar, rail”), from Proto-Germanic *slahō, derived from *slahaną (“to hit”).

Noun

slå c (singular definite slåen, plural indefinite slåer)

1. bolt

Declension

Declension of slå

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	slå	slåen	slåer	slåerne
genitive	slås	slåens	slåers	slåernes

Further reading

• “slå,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “Slaa,1” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Etymology 2

From Old Norse slá (“to hit, beat, strike”), from Proto-Germanic *slahaną (“to hit, strike, kill”), cognate with English slay, German schlagen.

Verb

slå (past tense slog, past participle slået, plural and definite singular slåede, or (archaic) slagen, plural and definite singular slagne)

1. to beat, hit, knock
2. to mow
3. to strike, defeat
4. (passive voice) to fight - see slås

Conjugation

Inflection of slå

	present	past
simple	slår	slog
perfect	har slået	havde slået
passive	slås	sloges
participle	slående	slået
imperative	slå	—
infinitive	slå	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	slåen	—

Further reading

• “slå,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “slaa,3” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse slá (“to hit, beat, strike”), from Proto-Germanic *slahaną (“to hit, strike, kill”), from Proto-Indo-European *slak- (“to hit, strike, throw”).

Verb

slå (imperative slå, present tense slår, passive slås, simple past slo, past participle slått, present participle slående)

1. to beat, punch, hit, strike
2. (nautical) to tack (to turn a vessel onto the other tack; come about)
3. slå sammen - to amalgamate
4. to cut, mow, reap (grass, hay, grain)
5. to beat, defeat, win against

Derived terms

• anslå
• avslå
• beslå
• fastslå
• hardtslående
• skamslå
• slå noe i hartkorn med noe
• slå opp
• slåss
• uslåelig

 

Noun

slå f or m (definite singular slåa or slåen, indefinite plural slåer, definite plural slåene)

1. a bolt for a door.

Derived terms

• dørslå

References

• “slå” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “slå_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “slå_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse slá (“to hit, beat, strike”), from Proto-Germanic *slahaną (“to hit, strike, kill”), from Proto-Indo-European *slak- (“to hit, strike, throw”). Akin to English slay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sloː/, /ʂɽoː/

Verb

slå (present tense slår, past tense slo, supine slege or slått, past participle slegen or slått, present participle slåande, imperative slå)

1. to beat, punch, hit
2. to tack (to turn a vessel onto the other tack; come about)
3. to cut, mow, reap (grass, hay, grain)

Derived terms

• avslå
• beslå
• fastslå
• skamslå

Noun

slå f (definite singular slåa, indefinite plural slåer, definite plural slåene)

1. a bolt for a door.

Derived terms

• dørslå

References

• “slå” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sloː/, [sl̪oə̯]

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Etymology 1

From Old Swedish slā, from Old Norse slá, from Proto-Germanic *slahaną, from Proto-Indo-European *slak- (“to hit, strike, throw”).

Verb

slå (present slår, preterite slog, supine slagit, imperative slå)

1. to hit, punch or beat (someone); to give a blow.
2. to strike; to hit, especially with some kind of tool.
3. (of a clock) to strike

   Klockan har just slagit tre.

   The clock has just struck three.

4. to defeat; to win against; to beat

   Hon slog världsrekordsinnehavaren

   She beat the world record holder

5. to break a record

   Hon har slagit världsrekord!

   She has broken a world record!

6. to become a hit, to become very popular
7. to throw a die
8. to pour

   Synonym: hälla

   Slå mjölk i soppan

   Pour milk into the soup

   Slå i mera mjöd, det får bli min död

   Pour in more mead, I'll let it be my death

9. (certain board games) to capture, to take one of the opponent's pieces out of play

   I schack är kungen den enda pjäs som inte får slås.

   In chess, the king is the only piece which may not be taken.

10. (in "slå knut") to tie or form a (often figurative) knot

    Synonym: knyta

11. to cut, to mow (with a scythe)

Conjugation

Conjugation of slå (class 6 strong)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	slå		slås
Supine	slagit		slagits
Imperative	slå		—
Imper. plural1	slån		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	slår	slog	slås	slogs
Ind. plural1	slå	slogo	slås	slogos
Subjunctive2	slå	sloge	slås	sloges
	Participles
Present participle	slående
Past participle	slagen
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• slåss
• slagsmål

Related terms

• kunna slå sig i backen på
• slå an
• slå av
• slå avigt
• slå back
• slå blå dunster i ögonen på / slå dunster i ögonen på
• slå bort
• slå dank
• slå en drill
• slå en kullerbytta
• slå en lov
• slå en sjua
• slå en volt
• slå ett slag för
• slå fast
• slå gul och blå
• slå hål på
• slå i
• slå igen
• slå igenom
• slå ihop
• slå ihjäl
• slå ihjäl tid
• slå in
• slå knut på
• slå mynt av
• slå ner / slå ned
• slå ner på
• slå något ur hågen
• slå om
• slå på
• slå på stort
• slå runt
• slå runt för
• slå samman
• slå sig fram
• slå sig för bröstet
• slå sig in
• slå sig på
• slå sig samman
• slå sig till ro
• slå sönder
• slå sönder och samman
• slå till
• slå tillbaka
• slå två flugor i en smäll
• slå upp
• slå ur underläge
• slå ut
• slå vad
• slå vakt
• slå över
• stå och slå

See also

• käftsmäll (“punch in the mouth”)
• nita (“punch hard”)
• smocka (“punch”)
• snyting (“punch to the face”)
• tjottablängare (“hard punch”)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse slá and the same ultimate source as Etymology 1 above.

Noun

slå c

1. a beam

Declension

Declension of slå

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	slå	slås
	definite	slån	slåns
plural	indefinite	slåar	slåars
	definite	slåarna	slåarnas

Related terms

• tvärslå

Further reading

• slå in Svensk ordbok.
• slå in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)

Anagrams

• lås, åls