slutar

Slutar is a Swedish verb meaning to end, cease, or stop. It is used to indicate that something comes to a finish, or that an action or activity stops. The form slutar is the present tense form of sluta and can be used with various subjects, for example han slutar, hon slutar, du slutar, etc.

Conjugation and usage notes: Sluta is a regular verb. The basic forms are infinitive sluta; present slutar; past slutade; supine slutat; imperative sluta. The present tense slutar is used for third-person singular as well as for the second-person singular (du slutar). Examples: Filmen slutar klockan nio. Hon slutar röka. De slutade med godis.

Etymology and related forms: Sluta derives from Old Swedish and has cognates in other North Germanic languages, such as Danish slutte and Norwegian slutte. The noun slut means “end,” and related verbs include avsluta (to finish) and upphöra (to cease).

Usage notes: Slutar is used to describe the termination of events, periods, or activities. It can take with or without an accompanying complement: slutar med att göra något is a common construction meaning “to stop doing something,” as in hon slutar med godis or han slutar dricka alkohol. In many contexts, both sluta göra något and sluta med något are natural, with slight nuance in emphasis. See also slut (end), avsluta (to complete), upphöra (to cease).