ättika

See also: Attika

Swedish

Etymology

From late Old Norse edik, from Middle Low German etik or Middle Dutch edik, from Proto-West Germanic *atek, metathesized variant of *aket, from Latin acētum.

Compare Faroese edikur, Norwegian Bokmål eddik, Danish eddike, Icelandic edik, Old English æċed, German Essig.

According to SO attested since the latter half of the 14th century via Codex Bureanus.

Noun

ättika c

1. Various concentrations of acetic acid; white vinegar.
2. (cooking) A solution of water and 24% acetic acid; concentrated white vinegar. (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)

Declension

Declension of ättika
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	ättika	ättikan	ättikor	ättikorna
Genitive	ättikas	ättikans	ättikors	ättikornas

Meronyms

• vatten (“water”)
• ättiksyra (“acetic acid”)

Derived terms

• isättika (“90–100% acetic acid”, literally “ice acetic”)
• ättika (“24% acetic acid”, literally “acetic”)
• ättiksprit (“12% acetic acid”, literally “acetic spirit”)
• inläggningsättika (“6% acetic acid”, literally “pickling acetic”)
• matättika (“3% acetic acid”, literally “food acetic”)
• ättikslag (“pickling solution”, literally “acetic brine/solution”)

See also

• vinäger (“flavoured vinegar”)

References

• ättika in Svensk ordbok (SO)