sulten

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse soltinn, originally the past participle of the archaic verb svelte (“waste away, emaciate”), from Proto-Germanic *sweltaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsuld̥ən], [ˈsuld̥n̩]

Adjective

sulten (neuter sultent, plural and definite singular attributive sultne)

  1. hungry, wanting to eat
  2. greatly desiring something.
Inflection
Inflection of sulten
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular sulten — —2
indefinite neuter singular sultent — —2
plural sultne — —2
definite attributive1 sultne — —

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsulˀd̥ən], [ˈsulˀd̥n̩]

Noun

sulten c

  1. definite singular of sult

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse soltinn, originally the past participle of Old Norse svelta, from Proto-Germanic *sweltaną.

Adjective

sulten (neuter singular sultent, definite singular and plural sultne, comparative sultnere, indefinite superlative sultnest, definite superlative sultneste)

  1. hungry

Synonyms

Noun

sulten m

  1. definite singular of sult

See also

References

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