blott

See also: blött and bløtt

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German blot.

Adjective

blott (neuter singular blott, definite singular and plural blotte)

  1. bare, naked
    med det blotte øye ― with the naked eye

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German blot.

Adjective

blott (neuter singular blott, definite singular and plural blotte)

  1. bare, naked
    med det blotte auget ― with the naked eye

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German blôt, from Old Saxon *blōt, from Proto-Germanic *blautaz. Doublet of blöt. Compare German bloß, Dutch bloot, Danish blot.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /blɔtː/
  • Audio(file)
  • Homophone: blått

Adjective

blott (not comparable)

  1. mere
    komma undan med blotta förskräckelsen
    escape with mere surprise
    blotta ögat
    the naked eye
  2. (rare) exposed

Declension
Inflection of blott
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular blott — —
Neuter singular blott — —
Plural blotta — —
Masculine plural3 blotte — —
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 blotte — —
All blotta — —
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

Derived terms

Adverb

blott (not comparable)

  1. merely, just
    Blott en dag, ett ögonblick i sänder
    Just one day, a moment at a time (song lyrics)

Conjunction

blott

  1. but, if only
    Blott du mig ger ett enda litet ord, är jag din.
    If only you give me one little word, I'll be yours. (song lyrics)

References
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