glatt
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Yiddish גלאַט (glat, “smooth”). Doublet of glad.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ɡlæt/
Rhymes: -æt
=== Adjective ===
glatt (not comparable)
(Yinglish, of an animal, Judaism) Having none of a particular kind of adhesion on the outside of its lungs; only meat from a glatt animal can be kosher.
(Yinglish, by extension, of food, Judaism) Having no ingredients from animals that are not glatt.
== Faroese ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈklaʰtː/
=== Adjective ===
glatt
strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of glaður
== German ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Middle High German and Old High German glat, from Proto-West Germanic *glad.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ɡlat]
Rhymes: -at
=== Adjective ===
glatt (strong nominative masculine singular glatter, comparative glatter, superlative am glattesten)
without roughness or unevenness: smooth; sleek, slick; even; clean (of a shave or cut); straight (of hair)
ein glatter Bruch ― a clean break
slippery (from e.g. ice, but not from grease)
(figurative) smooth (without difficulty, problems, or unexpected consequences or incidents)
alles läuft glatt ― everything is running smoothly
(informal) clear, unequivocal
ein glatter Sieg ― a clear win, a decisive victory
glatter Betrug ― sheer fraud, naked fraud
(mathematics, of a function) smooth (being infinitely differentiable)
(mathematics, of an integer) smooth (having bounded prime factors)
(weaponry) smoothbore
(Switzerland) funny
(obsolete) pretty
==== Declension ====
==== Synonyms ====
==== Derived terms ====
==== Related terms ====
glätten
=== Further reading ===
“glatt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“glatt” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“glatt” in Duden online
“glatt” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
== Icelandic ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
==== Adjective ====
glatt
strong nominative/accusative neuter singular of glaður
=== Etymology 2 ===
==== Participle ====
glatt
strong nominative/accusative neuter singular of gladdur
=== Etymology 3 ===
==== Verb ====
glatt
supine of gleðja
== Norwegian Bokmål ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from German glatt.
=== Adjective ===
glatt (neuter singular glatt, definite singular and plural glatte, comparative glattere, indefinite superlative glattest, definite superlative glatteste)
smooth
slippery
=== Adverb ===
glatt
smoothly
=== References ===
“glatt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
== Norwegian Nynorsk ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from German glatt.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ɡlɑtː/
=== Adjective ===
glatt (neuter singular glatt, definite singular and plural glatte, comparative glattare, indefinite superlative glattast, definite superlative glattaste)
smooth
slippery
=== Adverb ===
glatt
smoothly
=== References ===
“glatt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
== Swedish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ɡlatː/
=== Etymology 1 ===
Borrowed from German glatt.
==== Adjective ====
glatt (comparative glattare, superlative glattast)
smooth, shiny, and slippery
(mathematics) smooth
===== Declension =====
===== Derived terms =====
för glatta livet (“for dear life”)
=== Etymology 2 ===
From the adjective glad.
==== Adjective ====
glatt
indefinite neuter singular of glad
==== Adverb ====
glatt (comparative gladare, superlative gladast)
happily; in a happy and positive manner
cheerfully, merrily, etc.
==== Usage notes ====
"In a happy manner," intuitively. Can also sound like cheerfully or merrily in some contexts.
=== Etymology 3 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Verb ====
glatt
supine of glädja
=== References ===
“glatt”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
“glatt”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
“glatt”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)