Seelachs
German edit
Etymology edit
From See (“sea”) + Lachs (“salmon”). So called because it was used as a substitute for salmon in the production of smoked salmon (“lox”) in the first half of the 20th century. This use is no longer common, but the name has been kept for marketing reasons.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Seelachs m (strong, genitive Seelachses, plural Seelachse)
- (commercial, cooking) saithe, coalfish (Pollachius virens, a cod of the North Atlantic)
- Synonym: (biology, fishing) Köhler
Declension edit
Declension of Seelachs [masculine, strong]
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “Seelachs” in Duden online