# die Glätte

die Glätte is a German noun meaning “smoothness”. Forms: der Glätte.

## Forms

- Genitive: der Glätte

## In other languages

- Русский: гладкость

## Meanings

1. _no plural_ smoothness, sleekness, slipperiness
2. _no plural_ icy conditions, ice or hardened snow on roads etc.

## Examples

- Tom unterschätzte die Glätte und fuhr in den Straßengraben. — Tom underestimated the slickness and drove into the ditch.
- In weiten Teilen Nordrhein-Westfalens ist mit Glätte zu rechnen. — Ice is expected across large parts of North Rhine-Westphalia.

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