slott

== Faroese == === Etymology === From Middle Low German slot, from Proto-Germanic *slutą. === Noun === slott n (genitive singular slots, plural slott) castle palace manor house ==== Declension ==== == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Middle Low German slot, from Proto-Germanic *slutą. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /slot/, [ʂlɔt] === Noun === slott n (definite singular slottet, indefinite plural slott, definite plural slotta or slottene) a palace === References === “slott” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Middle Low German slot, from Proto-Germanic *slutą. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʂlɔtː/ Homophone: slått === Noun === slott n (definite singular slottet, indefinite plural slott, definite plural slotta) a palace === References === “slott” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Swedish == === Etymology === From Middle Low German slot, from Proto-Germanic *slutą (see Proto-West Germanic *slot for more). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /slɔtː/ (Central Sweden) IPA(key): [s̪l̪ɔt̪ː] Hyphenation: slott === Noun === slott n a castle, a palace (large, grand building serving or previously serving as a residence for royalty or nobility (where fortification, if at all present, is often secondary)) a (large, grand, more or less (purportedly) castle or palace-like) manor, like for example a château ==== Usage notes ==== For comparison, a borg is a castle serving as a fortress, implying heavier fortification and less grandeur. The immediate intuition for most native speakers is probably closest to Neuschwanstein (with towers, pinnacles, etc.), similar to for castle in English. ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== See also ==== borg herrgård palats tinne === References === “slott”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “slott”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) === Anagrams === lotts, stolt