sluss
Swedish
Noun
sluss c
- (nautical) a lock (used for raising and lowering vessels in a canal or other waterway)
- (figuratively) a mechanism that lets someone/something through, a lock
- luftsluss
- airlock
- (figuratively) a floodgate (with a large figurative outpouring of something if opened)
- öppna slussarna
- open the floodgates
- (in the definite "slussen", normally capitalized) Slussen (area in central Stockholm)
Declension
| Declension of sluss | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | sluss | slussen | slussar | slussarna |
| Genitive | sluss | slussens | slussars | slussarnas |
Derived terms
- luftsluss (“airlock”)
- slussa
References
- sluss in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- sluss in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- sluss in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)