sylte

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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

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