sylta
See also: syltä
Swedish
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /ˈsʏlˌta/
Noun
sylta c
- head cheese (American English), brawn (British English)
- Sylta anses ofta som en traditionell svensk julrätt.
- Head cheese is often considered a traditional Swedish Christmas dish.
- Sylta anses ofta som en traditionell svensk julrätt.
- (colloquial) 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.
- Vi åt lunch på en billig sylta vid stationen.
Declension
| Declension of sylta | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | sylta | syltan | syltor | syltorna |
| Genitive | syltas | syltans | syltors | syltornas |
Related terms
- slarvsylta
Verb
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.
- Varje år syltar vi frukt på gården.
- to be mixed up in something disreputable (as in sylta in sig or bli insyltad).
- De blev insyltade i skumma affärer.
- They got mixed up in shady business.
- De blev insyltade i skumma affärer.
Conjugation
Conjugation of sylta (weak)
| Active | Passive | |
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | sylta | syltas |
| Present tense | syltar | syltas |
| Past tense | syltade | syltades |
| Supine | syltat | syltats |
| Imperative | sylta | — |
| Present participle | syltande | |
| Past participle | syltad | |
Related terms
- sylt
- insyltad
- syltning