Swedish noun

ett slit

drudgery, toil, grindAlso the imperative of slita.

Meaning

drudgery; toil; grind

In Swedish: tungt arbete, knog, jobb

Forms

Forms of slit
Singular, indefinite	ett slit
Singular, definite	slitet

slit is an ett-word, so adjectives agree with it: ett stort slit, det stora slitet. Check another noun

Practise slit

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Is it en slit or ett slit?

slit in a sentence

vardagens slit och släp
the grind of everyday life

Questions

What does slit mean in English?

slit means “drudgery, toil”.

Is it en slit or ett slit?

It is ett slit, and “the drudgery” is slitet.

Similar words

mödagno

Origin

Deverbal from slita (“to toil”).

Nearby common words

slit is number 5,404 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

5,400daglig everyday
5,401krylla be crawling
5,402listig cunning
5,403visdom wisdom
5,405sked spoon, spoonful
5,406skärma to shield, to screen (block with a screen)
5,407stråle squirt, jet
5,408aktiverad activated

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary