Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

ett slott

manor house, castle, palace/slɔtː/

Meaning

manor house; castle; palace

In Swedish: pampigt bostadshus för kungliga eller adliga personer

Forms

Forms of slott
Singular, indefinite	ett slott
Singular, definite	slottet
Plural, indefinite	slott
Plural, definite	slotten

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

Practise slott

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Is it en slott or ett slott?

slott in a sentence

Det spökar på slottet
The castle is haunted

Words built with slott

slottsbyggnad palace building

Questions

What does slott mean in English?

slott means “manor house, castle”.

Is it en slott or ett slott?

It is ett slott, and “the manor house” is slottet.

What is the plural of slott?

slott doesn't change in the plural: ett slott, två slott (definite: slotten).

Similar words

palats

Origin

From Middle Low German slot, from Proto-Germanic *slutą (see Proto-West Germanic *slot for more).

Nearby common words

slott is number 2,116 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,112personligen personally
2,113student student
2,114billig cheap
2,115spöa beat, whip
2,117rejäl strong, big
2,118längta yearn, long
2,119kommendör Commander, Commodore
2,120godnatt good night

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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