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)

  1. head cheese, brawn

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)

  1. to pickle, to preserve in a pickling solution
  2. (colloquial) to shelve a project (set aside or postpone)

References edit

sylte,2” in Den Danske Ordbog