sluten

sluten

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *slūtan, from Proto-Germanic *slūtaną, *sleutaną.

Verb

sluten

1. to close, to shut
2. to close off
3. to lock up
4. to establish, to confirm
5. to end, to put an end to

Inflection

Strong class 2
Infinitive	sluten
3rd sg. past	slôot
3rd pl. past	slōten
Past participle	geslōten
Infinitive	sluten
In genitive	slutens
In dative	slutene
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	slute	slôot
2nd singular	sluuts, slutes	slōots, slōtes
3rd singular	sluut, slutet	slôot
1st plural	sluten	slōten
2nd plural	sluut, slutet	slōot, slōtet
3rd plural	sluten	slōten
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	slute	slōte
2nd singular	sluuts, slutes	slōtes
3rd singular	slute	slōte
1st plural	sluten	slōten
2nd plural	sluut, slutet	slōtet
3rd plural	sluten	slōten
Imperative	Present
Singular	sluut, slute
Plural	sluut, slutet
	Present	Past
Participle	slutende	geslōten

Descendants

• Dutch: sluiten
• Limburgish: sloete

Further reading

• “sluten”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “sluten”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /¹slʉːtɛn/

Noun

sluten

1. definite plural of slut

Etymology 2

past participle of sluta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²slʉːtɛn/

Adjective

sluten

1. closed (not open)

Declension

Inflection of sluten
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	sluten	—	—
Neuter singular	slutet	—	—
Plural	slutna	—	—
Masculine plural3	slutne	—	—
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	slutne	—	—
All	slutna	—	—
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Derived terms

• slutenhet

Anagrams

• lusten, lutens, slutne, stulen