UrsprungInherited from Old Swedish slakt, from the root of slå (“hit, strike, beat”). Also related to slåtter (“mowing”) and English slaught.
Formerslakt(indefinite, nominative, singular) · slakts(genitive, indefinite, singular) · slakten(definite, nominative, singular) · slaktens(definite, genitive, singular) · slakter(indefinite, nominative, plural) · slakters(genitive, indefinite, plural) · slakterna(definite, nominative, plural) · slakternas(definite, genitive, plural)