slee

See also: Slee

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sleː/
  • slee(file)
  • Hyphenation: slee
  • Rhymes: -eː

Etymology 1

From older slede, from Middle Dutch slēde, from Old Dutch *slido, from Proto-Germanic *slidô.

Noun

slee f (plural sleeën, diminutive sleetje n)

  1. sled, sleigh, wheelless vehicle which glides on land or ice
  2. (colloquial) A large/prestigious car
    Synonym: bolide
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Etymology 2

Noun

slee m (plural sleeën, diminutive sleetje n)

  1. The spiny shrub sloe, Prunus spinosa
    Synonym: sleedoorn
  2. m or f Its stony fruit
    Synonym: sleepruim

Etymology 3

Adjective

slee (comparative sleeër, superlative sleest)

  1. stiff, cramped
  2. blunt
  3. sour
Inflection
Inflection of slee
uninflected slee
inflected sleeë
comparative sleeër
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial sleesleeërhet sleest
het sleeste
indefinite m./f. sing. sleeësleeëresleeste
n. sing. sleesleeërsleeste
plural sleeësleeëresleeste
definite sleeësleeëresleeste
partitive sleessleeërs—
Alternative forms
Synonyms
  • sleeuwig
  • sleeuwigheid

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

slee

  1. first-person singular present indicative of sleeën
  2. imperative of sleeën

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