flad

Danish

Etymology

From Old NorseCategory:Danish terms derived from Old Norse#FLAD flatr, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Danish terms derived from Proto-Germanic#FLAD *flataz, cognate with English flat. The Germanic adjective goes back to Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Danish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#FLAD *plat- (“flat”), cf. Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús) (whence, via Latin, Danish plat and plads).

Pronunciation

Adjective

flad (neuter fladt, plural and definite singular attributive flade)Category:Danish lemmas#FLADCategory:Danish adjectives#FLADCategory:Danish entries with incorrect language header#FLADCategory:Pages with entries#FLADCategory:Pages with 2 entries#FLAD

  1. flat
  2. crestfallen
  3. poor, feeble, insipid
  4. (slangCategory:Danish slang#FLAD) broke (lacking money)
  5. deadbeat (exhausted)
  6. dead, flat (of a battery: unable to generate power)
  7. (nominalizedCategory:Danish nominalized adjectives#FLAD, common gender) a slap to the face
    Jeg stak ham en flad.
    I slapped him.

Inflection

Inflection of flad
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular flad fladere fladest2
indefinite 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.

Synonyms

Romansh

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from LatinCategory:Romansh terms inherited from Latin#FLADCategory:Romansh terms derived from Latin#FLAD flātus.

Noun

flad mCategory:Romansh lemmas#FLADCategory:Romansh nouns#FLADCategory:Romansh entries with incorrect language header#FLADCategory:Romansh masculine nouns#FLADCategory:Pages with entries#FLADCategory:Pages with 2 entries#FLAD (plural flads)

  1. (Rumantsch GrischunCategory:Rumantsch Grischun#FLAD, SursilvanCategory:Sursilvan Romansh#FLAD) breath (of air)

Derived terms

Category:Danish adjectives Category:Danish lemmas Category:Danish nominalized adjectives Category:Danish slang Category:Danish terms derived from Old Norse Category:Danish terms derived from Proto-Germanic Category:Danish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European Category:Danish terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Pages with 2 entries Category:Pages with entries Category:Romansh lemmas Category:Romansh masculine nouns Category:Romansh nouns Category:Romansh terms derived from Latin Category:Romansh terms inherited from Latin Category:Rumantsch Grischun Category:Sursilvan Romansh