flad

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse flatr, from Proto-Germanic *flataz, from Proto-Indo-European *plat- (“flat”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /flaːd/, [flæːˀð]

Adjective

flad

  1. flat
  2. crestfallen
  3. poor, feeble, insipid
  4. (slang) broke (lacking money)
  5. deadbeat (exhausted)
  6. dead, flat (of a battery: unable to generate power)

Inflection
Inflection of flad
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular flad fladere fladest2
Neuter singular fladt fladere fladest2
Plural flade fladere fladest2
Definite attributive1 flade fladere fladeste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin flātus.

Noun

flad m (plural flads)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) breath (of air)

Derived terms
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