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gravlax

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Swedish gravlax, a compound of grava (“to dry-cure in salt and sugar”) + lax (“salmon”).

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gravlax (on the right)

Noun

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gravlax (uncountable)

  1. Salmon dry-cured in salt, seasoned with dill and sugar, and served usually thinly sliced as an appetizer.

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Swedish gravlax, a compound of grava (“to dry-cure in salt and sugar”) + lax (“salmon”).

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Noun

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gravlax m (uncountable)

  1. gravlax (appetizer of dry-cured salmon)

Swedish

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Etymology

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A compound of grava (“to dry-cure in salt and sugar”) +‎ lax (“salmon”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gravlax c (uncountable)

  1. gravlax (appetizer of dry-cured salmon)

Declension

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Declension of gravlax 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative gravlax gravlaxen — —
Genitive gravlax gravlaxens — —

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