smältost

Swedish

Etymology

smälta (“melt”) +‎ ost (“cheese”)

Noun

smältost c

1. processed cheese

Usage notes

Unflavored cheese spread (mjukost) might be the immediate intuition of many native speakers, though things like American cheese are also smältost.

Declension

Declension of smältost
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	smältost	smältosten	smältostar	smältostarna
Genitive	smältosts	smältostens	smältostars	smältostarnas

See also

• färskost
• mjukost

References

• smältost in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• smältost in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)