Masculine
Schlitten
Meaning
- (masculine, strong) sled, sledge, sleigh (any vehicle moving over snow or ice on parallel skids)
- (broadly, masculine, strong) any construction that slides on skids or rails
- (colloquial, masculine, strong) a large, usually expensive car
- (masculine, slang, strong, vulgar) a person, usually female, seen as a sex object
Concepts
Synonyms
Rodelschlitten
Pferdeschlitten
Handschlitten
Gleitfläche
Sattelklemmung
Karosse
Translations
Frequency
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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