sulten

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Danish

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Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈsuld̥ən], [ˈsuld̥n̩]

Adjective

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

  1. Hungry, wanting to eat.
  2. Greatly desiring something.
Inflection
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Inflection of sulten
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte 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

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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sulten c

  1. definite singular of sult

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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

Adjective

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

  1. hungry

Synonyms

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Noun

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sulten m

  1. definite singular of sult

See also

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References

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