glatt
Meaning
- without roughness or unevenness: smooth; sleek, slick; even; clean (of a shave or cut); straight (of hair)
- slippery (from e.g. ice, but not from grease)
- (figuratively) smooth (without difficulty, problems, or unexpected consequences or incidents)
- (informal) clear, unequivocal
- smooth (being infinitely differentiable)
- smooth (having bounded prime factors)
- smoothbore
- (Switzerland) funny
- (obsolete) pretty
Concepts
smooth to the touch
without accident
with success
glibby
Synonyms
mit einem Schlag
faltenlos
Umgegend
wellenlos
glattweg
nach Wunsch
ohne Umschweife
schlicht und einfach
ohne Problem
ohne Zwischenfälle
mit Erfolg
schlechtweg
gradweg
reinewegs
reinweg
schlankweg
direktemang
glattwegs
schlechtwegs
geradezus
schlichtwegs
reinwegs
schlankwegs
topfeben
geschniegelt
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ɡlat]
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German and Old High German glat, from Proto-West Germanic *glad.
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