sluttede

Sluttede is the simple past tense form of the Danish verb slutte, meaning to end, finish, or cease. It is used to describe a completed action in the past. The related present tense is slutter, and the past participle is sluttet, which is used with auxiliary have to form perfect tenses (for example, Jeg har sluttet).

Conjugation in the simple past is the same across most subjects: jeg sluttede, du sluttede, han/hun sluttede, vi sluttede, I sluttede, de sluttede. The form sluttede therefore appears in narrative and descriptive past contexts, signaling that an event or state concluded.

Etymology and cognates: slutte derives from Old Danish and shares cognates with other North Germanic languages, such as Swedish sluta and Norwegian slutte/slutta, which carry closely related meanings of stopping or ending. The word is part of a common semantic field around cessation, endings, and conclusions in Scandinavian languages.

Usage notes: Sluttede is commonly used in everyday language to describe finished actions, completed processes, or concluded states. The phrase slutte med is widely used to indicate ceasing a behavior or activity (for example, at the end of a habit: “slutte med en vane”). In written Danish, sluttede appears in news reports, narrative prose, and accounts of past events to denote that something has reached its end.

Examples:

- Jeg sluttede arbejdet klokken fire.

- Mødet sluttede kort efter middagen.

- Han sluttede med at sige farvel.