slutte.
to stop, cease, quit; to no longer continue an activity, habit, employment, etc.
Meaning & usage
to stop, cease, quit; to no longer continue an activity, habit, employment, etc.
Hun har sluttet å røyke.
Jeg slutter i jobben neste måned.
to end, finish; to be over or reach an end
Skolen slutter 20. juni.
Boken slutter godt.
to finish, end, conclude something
Hun sluttet møtet med en appell.
to fit or sit closely and tightly against or around something
Vinduet slutter tett til karmen.
to draw or bring together; to make a formation more compact or form a closed ring or group
De forsøkte å slutte rekkene.
to close or connect an electrical circuit
Bryteren slutter strømkretsen.
to enter into, make or conclude an agreement, treaty, contract, alliance, friendship or peace
Landene sluttet fred.
Rederiet sluttet skipet for seks måneder.
to enter into, make or conclude an agreement, treaty, contract, alliance, friendship or peace to enter into a freight agreement; to charter a vessel or contract for its carriage
to infer, deduce or conclude from premises, observations or known facts
Av dette kan vi slutte at forsøket lyktes.
in slutte seg til to join, accompany or associate oneself with someone or a group
in slutte seg til to agree with, endorse or express support for a person, view or proposal
in slutte seg til to infer or reason out something not explicitly stated
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Middle Low German slûten (“to close, shut”), from Old Saxon *slūtan (“to close, lock”), from Proto-West Germanic *sleutan (“to bolt, lock”), from Proto-Germanic *sleutaną (“to bolt, lock; shut, close”). The Old Saxon form is reconstructed from compounds and derivatives rather than directly attested as an independent verb. The Germanic verb originally belonged to the strong class 2; after being borrowed into Scandinavian, it was adapted as a weak verb with vowel shortening and consonant doubling. The further origin is uncertain. The Germanic verb has traditionally been connected with a metathesized s-mobile form of *kleh₂w- (“hook, peg, latch”), which would make it related to Latin claudō (“to close”), but this connection is disputed and should not be treated as established. The logical sense “to infer, conclude” developed under the influence of Latin conclūdō (“to shut together; conclude, infer”), a prefixed derivative of claudō (“to close”). Compare Norwegian Nynorsk slutte and slutta, Danish slutte, Swedish sluta, West Frisian slute, Dutch sluiten and German schließen (“to close, shut; conclude”).
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