# glatt
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish גלאַט (glat, “smooth”). Doublet of glad.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡlæt/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -æt

### Adjective

glatt (not comparable)
* (Yinglish, of an animal, Judaism) Having none of a particular kind of adhesion on the outside of its lungs; only meat from a glatt animal can be kosher.
* (Yinglish, by extension, of food, Judaism) Having no ingredients from animals that are not glatt.

## German
### Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German and Old High German glat, from Proto-West Germanic *glad.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɡlat]
* Audio (Germany):(file)
* Audio (Austria):(file)
* Rhymes: -at

### Adjective

glatt (strong nominative masculine singular glatter, comparative glatter, superlative am glattesten)
* without roughness or unevenness: smooth; sleek, slick; even; clean (of a shave or cut); straight (of hair)
    ein glatter Bruch ― a clean break
* slippery (from e.g. ice, but not from grease)
* (figurative) smooth (without difficulty, problems, or unexpected consequences or incidents)
    alles läuft glatt ― everything is running smoothly
* (informal) clear, unequivocal
    ein glatter Sieg ― a clear win, a decisive victory
    glatter Betrug ― sheer fraud, naked fraud
* (mathematics, of a function) smooth (being infinitely differentiable)
* (mathematics, of an integer) smooth (having bounded prime factors)
* (weaponry) smoothbore
* (Switzerland) funny
* (obsolete) pretty
** 1920 [1910], Hermann Löns, Der Wehrwolf […] [The Warwolf]‎:Der Bauer schüttelte erst den Kopf, als der Prediger so sprach, aber als der ihm verklarte, daß die Bäuerin ihm aufgetragen hatte, dafür zu sorgen, daß Wieschen ihr Versprechen hielt, da meinte er bloß noch: »Die junge glatte Deern ist viel zu schade für mich. Seht her!«(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Synonyms

* blank
* eben
* eindeutig
* glitschig
* rutschig
* schlüpfrig

#### Derived terms

* aalglatt
* glatt gehen
* glatt wie ein Aal
* Glatteis
* Glattrohr

#### Related terms

* glätten

### Further reading

* “glatt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* “glatt” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
* “glatt” in Duden online
* “glatt” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.

## Icelandic
### Etymology 1
#### Adjective

glatt
* strong nominative/accusative neuter singular of glaður

### Etymology 2
#### Participle

glatt
* strong nominative/accusative neuter singular of gladdur

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

glatt
* supine of gleðja

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

Borrowed from German glatt.

### Adjective

glatt (neuter singular glatt, definite singular and plural glatte, comparative glattere, indefinite superlative glattest, definite superlative glatteste)
* smooth
* slippery

### Adverb

glatt
* smoothly

### References

* “glatt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

Borrowed from German glatt.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡlɑtː/

### Adjective

glatt (neuter singular glatt, definite singular and plural glatte, comparative glattare, indefinite superlative glattast, definite superlative glattaste)
* smooth
* slippery

### Adverb

glatt
* smoothly

### References

* “glatt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡlatː/
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from German glatt.

#### Adjective

glatt (comparative glattare, superlative glattast)
* smooth, shiny, and slippery
    glatt isslippery ice
* (mathematics) smooth

##### Declension

$^1$ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. $^2$ Dated or archaic. $^3$ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

##### Derived terms

* för glatta livet (“for dear life”)

### Etymology 2

From the adjective glad.

#### Adjective

glatt
* indefinite neuter singular of glad

#### Adverb

glatt (comparative gladare, superlative gladast)
* happily; in a happy and positive manner

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

glatt
* supine of glädja

### References

* glatt in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* glatt in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* glatt in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)