Swedish adjective · adverb· top 5,000 most common
glatt
glatt as an adjective
Meaning
made... happy; slippery; smooth
In Swedish: hal; slät
Forms
| Basic form | glatt | with en-words |
|---|---|---|
| Neuter | glatt | with ett-words |
| Plural and definite | glatta | plural nouns, and after den / det / de |
| Comparative | glattare | “-er”, “more …” |
| Superlative | glattast | “-est”, “most …” |
glatt as an adverb
Meaning
happily; in a happy and positive manner
Practise glatt
1 / 1What does glatt mean?
glatt in a sentence
- golvet är glattthe floor is slippery
- glatt isslippery ice
Expressions
- springa för glatta livetrun for all you're worth
Questions
What does glatt mean in English?
glatt means “made... happy, slippery”.
Similar words
halroligt
Origin
Borrowed from German glatt.
Nearby common words
glatt is number 4,696 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary

