"flit" meaning in Swedish

See flit in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Sv-en flit.ogg Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], flit [indefinite, nominative, uncountable], fliten [definite, nominative, uncountable], flits [genitive, indefinite, uncountable], flitens [definite, genitive, uncountable]
Etymology: From Old Swedish flit, from Middle Low German vlīt, vlît, from Old Saxon *flīt, from Proto-West Germanic *flīt, from Proto-Germanic *flītaz, for which compare *flītan (“to strive”). See also German Low German Fliet, Saterland Frisian Fliet, Dutch vlijt, Danish flid, Norwegian Bokmål flid, Norwegian Nynorsk flit, and German Fleiß, Fleiss. Etymology templates: {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|flit}} Old Swedish flit, {{der|sv|gml|vlīt}} Middle Low German vlīt, {{m|gml|vlît}} vlît, {{der|sv|osx|*flīt}} Old Saxon *flīt, {{der|sv|gmw-pro|*flīt}} Proto-West Germanic *flīt, {{der|sv|gem-pro|*flītaz}} Proto-Germanic *flītaz, {{m|gmw-pro|*flītan|t=to strive}} *flītan (“to strive”), {{cog|nds-de|Fliet}} German Low German Fliet, {{cog|stq|Fliet}} Saterland Frisian Fliet, {{cog|nl|vlijt}} Dutch vlijt, {{cog|da|flid}} Danish flid, {{cog|nb|flid}} Norwegian Bokmål flid, {{cog|nn|flit}} Norwegian Nynorsk flit, {{cog|de|Fleiß}} German Fleiß, {{m|de|Fleiss}} Fleiss Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||g=c|g2=|head=|sort=}} flit c, {{sv-noun|c}} flit c Inflection templates: {{sv-decl-noun|flit|fliten|-|-|flits|flitens|-|-|base=flit|definitions=|gender=Common|uncountable=yes}}
  1. diligence, industriousness, energy Wikipedia link: Nicoline van der Sijs Tags: common-gender Related terms: flitbetyg, flitig, flitpengar, med flit (english: on purpose)
    Sense id: en-flit-sv-noun-Ps9Heb6v Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header, Swedish links with redundant wikilinks

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for flit meaning in Swedish (4.5kB)

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