blott

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See also: blött and bløtt

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German blot.

Adjective

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

  1. bare, naked
    med det blotte øyewith the naked eye

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German blot.

Adjective

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

  1. bare, naked
    med det blotte augetwith the naked eye

Swedish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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blott (not comparable)

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

Declension

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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

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Adverb

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blott (not comparable)

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

Conjunction

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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)

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