sylta
See also: syltä
Swedish
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Etymology
[edit]From Old Swedish sylta, "to preserve; to salt", from Low German sülten, "boil in brine; preserve" and related to salt. The origin comes from the widespread use of salt as a preservative in pre-modern times.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sylta c
- jellied meat, head cheese (American English), brawn (British English)
- Sylta anses ofta som en traditionell svensk julrätt.
- Jellied meat is often considered a traditional Swedish Christmas dish.
- (colloquial, derogatory) a simple or lowly place where food is served; a joint
- Vi åt lunch på en billig sylta vid stationen.
- We had lunch at a cheap joint by the station.
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | sylta | syltas |
| definite | syltan | syltans | |
| plural | indefinite | syltor | syltors |
| definite | syltorna | syltornas |
Derived terms
[edit]Verb
[edit]sylta (present syltar, preterite syltade, supine syltat, imperative sylta)
- to preserve fruit or vegetables by boiling in sugar.
- Varje år syltar vi frukt på gården.
- We preserve fruit every year on the farm.
- to be mixed up in something disreputable (as in sylta in sig or bli insyltad).
- De blev insyltade i skumraskaffärer.
- They got mixed up in shady business.
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | sylta | syltas | ||
| supine | syltat | syltats | ||
| imperative | sylta | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | sylten | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | syltar | syltade | syltas | syltades |
| ind. plural1 | sylta | syltade | syltas | syltades |
| subjunctive2 | sylte | syltade | syltes | syltades |
| present participle | syltande | |||
| past participle | syltad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.