/²slʉːta/
UrsprungInherited from Old Swedish slūta, from Low German sluten (“to lock up, shut”), from Middle Low German slūten, from Old Saxon *slūtan.
- 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
- to close, to shut (make closed by closing one or more openings)
“Han slöt ögonen” — He closed his eyes
- reflexiveto 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, reflexiveto retract within oneself; to reduce one's connections with other people
- reflexiveto join together
“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
- 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
Formerslutar(present) · slutade(preterite) · slutat(supine) · sluta(imperative) · sluta(active, infinitive) · -(infinitive, passive) · slutat(active, supine) · -(passive, supine) · sluta(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · sluten(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive) · slutar(active, indicative, present) · slutade(active, indicative, past) · -(indicative, passive, present) · -(indicative, passive, past) · sluta(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present) · slutade(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, past)