bløt
Norwegian
adjective
Definitions
- soft, as opposed to hard
- (figuratively) Alluding to overripe fruit.
- gentle, tender
- moist, wet
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse blautr (wet, weak, soft, afraid, timid) derived from German blöd (imbecile, stupid).
Origin
German (Berlin)
blöd
Gloss
imbecile, stupid
Concept
Semantic Field
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Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Blödmann German
- Blödsinn German
- blöd German
- blödeln German
- blöderweise German
- bløtdyr Norwegian Bokmål
- bløtkake Norwegian Bokmål
- bløtkokt Norwegian Bokmål
- dyr Norwegian Bokmål
- kake Norwegian Bokmål
- koke Norwegian Bokmål
- kokt Norwegian Bokmål
- nb Norwegian Bokmål
- *blautaz Proto-Germanic
- blaut Norwegian Nynorsk
- blot Middle English
- blautleikr Old Norse
- blautr Old Norse
- blød Danish
- blautur Icelandic
- bleytur Faroese
- blode, blöde Middle High German
- bløter Old Swedish
- bløter, blø̄ter Old Swedish
- blaut Westrobothnian