pastej
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Low German pasteie. Attested since 1538.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pastɛj/
- Rhymes: -ɛj
Noun
pastej c
- pâté
- (archaic) a pie, a tart (either savory or sweet)
- Synonym: paj
- 1898 February 18, John Skysail, “XI. När kocken kom i land [XI. When the cook came ashore]”, in Från denna och andra sidan linien [From this and the other side of the line], quoted in Bohusläningen, page 3:
- Här funno vi före oss ett 20-tal sjömän, de flesta tillhörande engelska nationen. Sedan en bastant middag, bestående af rostbiff med färsk potatis, färsk soppa och s. k. »pie» (= paj, ett slags pastej eller bakelseverk) till efterrätt, blifvit vederbörligen inmundigad, beslöto jag och min kamrat att göra en liten tur ut i staden frampå eftermiddagen, […]
- Here we found ourselves among some twenty sailors, most of them belonging to the English nation. After a substantial dinner, consisting of roast beef with new potatoes, fresh soup, and what is called "pie" (=paj, a sort of pie or confection) for dessert, had been duly consumed, my companion and I decided to take a short tour of the town in the afternoon, […]
- alternative spelling of postej (“walltower”)
Declension
nominative | genitive | ||
---|---|---|---|
singular | indefinite | pastej | pastejs |
definite | pastejen | pastejens | |
plural | indefinite | pastejer | pastejers |
definite | pastejerna | pastejernas |
Derived terms
(pâte):
- böcklingpastej (“buckling pâté”)
- kycklingpastej (“chicken pâté”)
- laxpastej (“salmon pâte”)
- leverpastej (“liver pâté”)
(pie; tart):
- kycklingpastej (“chicken pie”)
- köttpastej (“meat pie”)
- laxpastej (“salmon pie”)
- ostpastej (“cheese pie”)
- pastejbotten (“pie crust”)
- pastejfyllning (“pie filling”)