Masculine
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Schlitten

Meaning

  1. (masculine, strong) sled, sledge, sleigh (any vehicle moving over snow or ice on parallel skids)
  2. (broadly, masculine, strong) any construction that slides on skids or rails
  3. (colloquial, masculine, strong) a large, usually expensive car
  4. (masculine, slang, strong, vulgar) a person, usually female, seen as a sex object

Frequency

C1
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

schlitte

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʃlɪtən/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German slite, from Old High German slito, from Proto-Germanic *slidô. Cognate with Luxembourgish Schlitt, Dutch slee, English sled and sleigh, Swedish släde, Icelandic sleði, Italian slitta.

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