sluta

Czech

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈsluta]

Participle

sluta

inflection of slout:
1. feminine singular passive participle
2. neuter plural passive participle

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sleutan.

Verb

slūta

to lock

Inflection

Conjugation of **slūta** (strong class 2)
indicative	present	past
infinitive	slūta

1st person singular	slūte	slāt
2nd person singular	slūtest, slūtst	slātest, slātst
3rd person singular	slūteth, slūtth	slāt
plural	slūtath	sleten

subjunctive	present	past
singular	slūte	slete
plural	slūte, slūten	slete, sleten

imperative	present
singular	slūt
plural	slūteth

participle	present	past
	slūtande	esleten, sleten

Descendants

North Frisian:
Föhr-Amrum: slütj

Mooring: slite

Sylt: slüt
Saterland Frisian: sluute, slute
West Frisian: slute

Serbo-Croatian

Participle

sluta (Cyrillic spelling слута)

inflection of sluti:
1. feminine singular passive past participle
2. neuter plural passive past participle

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish slūta, from Low German sluten (“to lock up, shut”), from Middle Low German slūten, from Old Saxon *slūtan.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /²slʉːta/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -²ʉːta

Verb

sluta (present slutar, preterite slutade, supine slutat, imperative sluta)

to stop (come to an end), to end (come to an end)
Vem vet hur det slutar?
Who knows how it ends?
to quit (e.g. school, a job or a habit)
att sluta röka
to quit smoking

Sluta med det där!
Stop doing that!
to cease doing something
Sluta skrika!
Stop screaming!
to finish; to have as a result (from a competition)
Hon slutade på andra plats i tävlingen
She finished as runner-up in the competition

Conjugation

Conjugation of *sluta* (weak)
	active		passive
infinitive	sluta		—
supine	slutat		—
imperative	sluta		—
imper. plural¹	sluten		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	slutar	slutade	—	—
ind. plural¹	sluta	slutade	—	—
subjunctive²	slute	slutade	—	—

present participle		slutande
past participle		slutad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Synonyms

(stop): upphöra

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “stop”): börja, påbörja
(antonym(s) of “quit”): börja

Derived terms

Verb

sluta (present sluter, preterite slöt, supine slutit, imperative slut)

to close, to shut (make closed by closing one or more openings)
Han slöt ögonen
He closed his eyes
(reflexive) to become or make oneself closed (as above)
Slemmonstret har tusentals hål. När det sluter sig så stängs hålen.
The slime monster has thousands of holes. When it closes itself, the holes close.
(figuratively, reflexive) to retract within oneself; to reduce one's connections with other people
(reflexive, with samman (“together”)) to join together
Synonym: förena sig

De tre grupperna slöt sig samman
The three groups joined forces
to connect the ends of a curve so that it no longer has any beginning nor end, to close
sluta en kurva
close a curve
(in a few expressions) to formally agree on (something)
sluta fred
make peace

sluta förbund
make an alliance

De slöt en överenskommelse om att fortsätta förhandlingarna
They struck a deal to continue the negotiations

Conjugation

Conjugation of *sluta* (class 2 strong)
	active		passive
infinitive	sluta		slutas
supine	slutit		slutits
imperative	slut		—
imper. plural¹	sluten		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	sluter	slöt	sluts, slutes	slöts
ind. plural¹	sluta	slöto	slutas	slötos
subjunctive²	slute	slöte	slutes	slötes

present participle		slutande
past participle		sluten

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Synonyms

(close): stänga
(retract within oneself): dra sig tillbaka

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “close”): öppna, öppna upp
(antonym(s) of “retract”): öppna sig

Derived terms

References

“sluta”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
“sluta”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
“sluta”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

lusta, lutas, sulat