glatt

Borrowed from Yiddish גלאַט (glat, “smooth”). Doublet of glad.

• IPA^(key): /ɡlæt/

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• Rhymes: -æt

glatt (not comparable)

1. (Yinglish, of an animal, Judaism) Having none of a particular kind of adhesion on the outside of its lungs; only meat from a glatt animal can be kosher.
2. (Yinglish, by extension, of food, Judaism) Having no ingredients from animals that are not glatt.

Inherited from Middle High German and Old High German glat, from Proto-West Germanic *glad.

• IPA^(key): [ɡlat]

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• Rhymes: -at

glatt (strong nominative masculine singular glatter, comparative glatter, superlative am glattesten)

1. without roughness or unevenness: smooth; sleek, slick; even; clean (of a shave or cut); straight (of hair)

   ein glatter Bruch ― a clean break

2. slippery (from e.g. ice, but not from grease)
3. (figurative) smooth (without difficulty, problems, or unexpected consequences or incidents)

   alles läuft glatt ― everything is running smoothly

4. (informal) clear, unequivocal

   ein glatter Sieg ― a clear win, a decisive victory

   glatter Betrug ― sheer fraud, naked fraud

5. (mathematics, of a function) smooth (being infinitely differentiable)
6. (mathematics, of an integer) smooth (having bounded prime factors)
7. (weaponry) smoothbore
8. (Switzerland) funny
9. (obsolete) pretty
   • 1920 [1910], Hermann Löns, Der Wehrwolf […] [The Warwolf]‎^[1]:

     Der Bauer schüttelte erst den Kopf, als der Prediger so sprach, aber als der ihm verklarte, daß die Bäuerin ihm aufgetragen hatte, dafür zu sorgen, daß Wieschen ihr Versprechen hielt, da meinte er bloß noch: »Die junge glatte Deern ist viel zu schade für mich. Seht her!«

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• glätten

• “glatt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “glatt” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “glatt” in Duden online
• “glatt” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.

glatt

1. inflection of glaður:
   1. strong neuter nominative singular
   2. strong neuter accusative singular

glatt

1. inflection of gladdur:
   1. strong neuter nominative singular
   2. strong neuter accusative singular

glatt

1. supine of gleðja

Borrowed from German glatt.

glatt (neuter singular glatt, definite singular and plural glatte, comparative glattere, indefinite superlative glattest, definite superlative glatteste)

1. smooth
2. slippery

glatt

1. smoothly

• “glatt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Borrowed from German glatt.

• IPA^(key): /ɡlɑtː/

glatt (neuter singular glatt, definite singular and plural glatte, comparative glattare, indefinite superlative glattast, definite superlative glattaste)

1. smooth
2. slippery

glatt

1. smoothly

• “glatt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /ɡlatː/

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Borrowed from German glatt.

glatt (comparative glattare, superlative glattast)

1. smooth, shiny, and slippery

   glatt is

   slippery ice

2. (mathematics) smooth

• för glatta livet (“for dear life”)

From the adjective glad.

glatt

1. indefinite neuter singular of glad

glatt (comparative gladare, superlative gladast)

1. happily; in a happy and positive manner

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

glatt

1. supine of glädja

• glatt in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• glatt in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• glatt in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)