messmör

Swedish

Etymology

From a dialectal word mesa (“cheese whey”), cognate with Icelandic mysa (“whey”), and smör (“butter”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²meːsˌsmøːr/, /²mɛsˌsmøːr/

Noun

messmör n

  1. a soft, sweet dairy product made from whey, often used as a sandwich spread

Usage notes

Messmör is a soft, spreadable form of mesost (“whey cheese, brunost”). Messmör is more commonly eaten than mesost in Sweden.

Declension

Declension of messmör
nominative genitive
singular indefinite messmör messmörs
definite messmöret messmörets
plural indefinite — —
definite — —

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