Salz

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.

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

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

Salz n (strong, genitive Salzes, plural Salze)

1. (uncountable) salt, table salt, sal

   Synonyms: Kochsalz, Speisesalz, Tafelsalz

2. (Internet slang) salt

• salzig
• mit einem Körnchen Salz

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

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

• IPA^(key): /zɑlt͡s/

Salz n (plural Salzen)

1. salt