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slekt

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Etymology

From Middle Low German slecht(e) (ancestry, lineage, family).

Noun

slekt f (genitive singular slektar, plural slektir)

  1. family, lineage, gender, people
  2. (biology, taxonomy) genus

Declension

More information f2, singular ...

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From Middle Low German slecht(e) (ancestry, lineage, family). Displaced native ætt (family, generation).

Noun

slekt f or m (definite singular slekta or slekten, indefinite plural slekter, definite plural slektene)

  1. a family (group of people with the same ancestry)
    i slekt med - related to
  2. (biology) a genus

Derived terms

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

From Middle Low German slecht(e) (ancestry, lineage, family).

Noun

slekt f (definite singular slekta, indefinite plural slekter, definite plural slektene)

  1. a family (as above)
  2. (biology) a genus

Derived terms

References

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