Schlitten

German

Etymology

From Middle High German slite, from Old High German slito, from Proto-Germanic *slidô. Cognate with Luxembourgish Schlitt, Dutch slee, English sled and sleigh, Swedish släde, Icelandic sleði, Italian slitta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃlɪtən/
  • (file)

Noun

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  1. sled, sledge, sleigh (any vehicle moving over snow or ice on parallel skids)
  2. (by extension) any construction that slides on skids or rails
  3. (colloquial) a large, usually expensive car
  4. (vulgar slang) a person, usually female, seen as a sex object

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Schlitten” in Duden online
  • Schlitten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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