sluta.
to stop (come to an end), to end (come to an end)
Meaning & usage
to stop (come to an end), to end (come to an end)
Vem vet hur det slutar?
to quit (e.g. school, a job or a habit)
att sluta röka
Sluta med det där!
to cease doing something
Sluta skrika!
to finish; to have as a result (from a competition)
Hon slutade på andra plats i tävlingen
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Old Swedish slūta, from Low German sluten (“to lock up, shut”), from Middle Low German slūten, from Old Saxon *slūtan.
to close, to shut (make closed by closing one or more openings)
Han slöt ögonen
to become or make oneself closed (as above)
Slemmonstret har tusentals hål. När det sluter sig så stängs hålen.
to retract within oneself; to reduce one's connections with other people
to join together
De tre grupperna slöt sig samman
to connect the ends of a curve so that it no longer has any beginning nor end, to close
sluta en kurva
to formally agree on (something)
sluta fred
sluta förbund
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Old Swedish slūta, from Low German sluten (“to lock up, shut”), from Middle Low German slūten, from Old Saxon *slūtan.
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