sylte
Danish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Low German sulte, from Old Saxon *sultia, from Proto-Germanic *sultijō (“salt water, brine”). Compare German Sülze and Dutch zult. Cognate to salt (“salt”).
Noun edit
sylte c (singular definite sylten, plural indefinite sylter)
References edit
“sylte,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle Low German sulten, cf. German sülzen, sulzen. Derived from the noun.
Verb edit
sylte (imperative sylt, infinitive at sylte, present tense sylter, past tense syltede, perfect tense har syltet)
- to pickle, to preserve in a pickling solution
- (colloquial) to shelve a project (set aside or postpone)
References edit
“sylte,2” in Den Danske Ordbog