Salz

German

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German salz, from Old High German salz (akin to Old Saxon salt, Old Dutch salt, Old English sealt, Old Norse salt), from Proto-West Germanic *salt, from Proto-Germanic *saltą, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂l-, *séh₂ls. Compare Dutch zout, English salt, Danish salt. The Internet slang sense is a calque of English salt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zalt͡s/, /zals/ (standard)

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• IPA^(key): /sɑlt͡s/ (Austria, Bavaria)
• Rhymes: -alts, -als

Noun

Salz n (strong, genitive Salzes, plural Salze)

1. (uncountable) salt, table salt, sal

   Synonyms: Kochsalz, Speisesalz, Tafelsalz

2. (Internet slang) salt

Declension

Declension of Salz [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Salz	die	Salze
genitive	eines	des	Salzes	der	Salze
dative	einem	dem	Salz, Salze1	den	Salzen
accusative	ein	das	Salz	die	Salze

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• salzig
• mit einem Körnchen Salz

Related terms

• Kalisalz
• Kochsalz
• Kristallsalz
• Meeressalz
• Salzbergwerk
• Salzbrezel
• Salzgebäck
• Salzkartoffel
• Salzkorn
• Salzkristall
• Salzmangel
• Salzmine
• Salzsee
• Salzstange
• Salzstreuer
• Salzvorkommen
• Salzwasser
• Salzwüste
• Speisesalz
• Steinsalz
• Streusalz
• Tafelsalz

Further reading

• “Salz” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Salz” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Salz” in Duden online
• Salz on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German salz, from Old High German salz, from Proto-West Germanic *salt, from Proto-Germanic *saltą. Cognate with German Salz, Dutch zout, English salt, Icelandic salt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɑlt͡s/

Noun

Salz n (plural Salzen)

1. salt