ansjovis
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish anchovas, plural of anchova, phonetically adapted to Dutch vis (“fish”). The Spanish is in turn from Ligurian anciôa, from Vulgar Latin *apiuva, from Latin aphyē (“small fry”), from Ancient Greek ἀφύη (aphúē).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ansjovis f (plural ansjovissen, diminutive ansjovisje n)
- (also collective) An anchovy (small, edible saltwater fish species, especially Engraulis encrasicolus)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Afrikaans: ansjovis
- → Danish: ansjos
- → Estonian: anšoovis
- → Faroese: ansjós
- → German: Anchovis, Anschovis
- → Hebrew: אַנְשׁוֹבִי (anshóvi)
- → Icelandic: ansjósa
- → Latvian: anšovs
- → Lithuanian: ančiuvis
- → Norwegian: ansjos
- → Papiamentu: anchóvis, ansjovis
- → Russian: анчо́ус (ančóus)
- → Swedish: ansjovis
- → West Frisian: ansjofisk
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Likely from English anchovies.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ansjovis c
- (cooking) spiced and canned preparation of European sprat (Sprattus sprattus)
- (zoology) anchovy, Engraulis encrasicolus
- Synonym: sardell
Usage notes edit
When used in the sense "anchovy" typically prefixed by the adjective äkta (“genuine”).
Declension edit
| Declension of ansjovis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | ansjovis | ansjovisen | ansjovisar | ansjovisarna |
| Genitive | ansjovis | ansjovisens | ansjovisars | ansjovisarnas |
See also edit
References edit
- ansjovis in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- ansjovis in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- ansjovis in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- ansjovis in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
- Ansjovis in Artfakta.se
- Skarpsill in Artfakta.se
- Kerstin Johannesson (2021 December 21) Ansjovis, sardin eller sardell – professorn reder ut begreppen[1] (in Swedish), Gothenburg University