slette

• IPA^(key): [ˈslɛd̥ə]

From Old Norse slétta, derived from the adjective sléttr (“even”).

slette c (singular definite sletten, plural indefinite sletter)

1. (geography) a plain (a large expanse of relatively flat ground)

From Old Norse slétta (“to even out”), from Proto-Germanic *slihtijaną, cognate with German schlichten (“to smooth, settle”), Dutch slechten (“to smooth, remove”). Derived from the adjective *slihtaz (“even”).

slette (past tense slettede, past participle slettet)

1. to delete (from a written text or a digital memory)
2. to eradicate (from a landscape or from somebody’s memory)
3. to annul (make invalid)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

slette

1. definite singular of slet
2. plural of slet

slette

1. definite singular of slett
2. plural of slett

From Old Norse slétta.

slette f or m (definite singular sletta or sletten, indefinite plural sletter, definite plural slettene)

1. (geography) a plain (a large expanse of relatively flat ground)

• flomslette
• høyslette
• kystslette
• sletteland

From Old Norse slétta.

slette (present tense sletter, simple past and past participle sletta or slettet)

1. to delete, erase

   Han liker å slette hærverk. ― He likes deleting vandalism.

2. to straighten, smooth

   Hun slettet på håret hans. ― She straightened his hair.

• utslette

• “slette” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /²slɛtːə/

slette

1. definite singular of slett
2. plural of slett

From Old Norse slétta.

• slett

slette f (definite singular sletta, indefinite plural sletter, definite plural slettene)

1. (geography) a plain (a large expanse of relatively flat ground)

• kystslette
• sletteland

slette (present tense slettar, past tense sletta, past participle sletta, passive infinitive slettast, present participle slettande, imperative slette/slett)

1. Alternative form of sletta

• “slette” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.