slott

See also: slött

Faroese

Etymology

From Middle Low German slot, from Proto-Germanic *slutą.

Noun

slott n (genitive singular slots, plural slott)

1. castle
2. palace
3. manor house

Declension

Declension of slott (n9)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	slott	slottið	slott	slottini
accusative	slott	slottið	slott	slottini
dative	slotti	slottinum	slottum	slottunum
genitive	slots	slotsins	slotta	slottanna

Norwegian Bokmål

slott

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)

1. a palace

References

“slott” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German slot, from Proto-Germanic *slutą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slɔtː/
• Homophone: slått

Noun

slott n (definite singular slottet, indefinite plural slott, definite plural slotta)

1. a palace

References

“slott” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Törnrosaslottet på Disneyland (the Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland)

slottet Neuschwanstein i Tyskland

Stockholms slott

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]

• Audio; “ett slott”:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: slott

Noun

slott n

1. 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))

   Det spökar på slottet

   The castle is haunted

   (literally, “It ghosts [is ghostly activity] at the castle”)

2. 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

Declension of slott

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	slott	slotts
	definite	slottet	slottets
plural	indefinite	slott	slotts
	definite	slotten	slottens

Related terms

• drömslott
• kungaslott
• luftslott
• slottsarkitekt
• slottsarkiv
• slottsarkivarie
• slottsbyggnad
• slottsflygel
• slottsfogde
• slottsfru
• slottsgemak
• slottsherre
• slottskapell
• slottskyrka
• slottslik
• slottsliknande
• slottsmiljö
• slottsmur
• slottspark
• slottsport
• slottspredikant
• slottsruin
• slottsstek
• slottstappad
• slottstappning
• slottsträdgård
• slottsvin
• slottsväbel

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