talg

See also: Talg

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German talch, from Old Saxon *talg, from Proto-West Germanic *talg, from Proto-Germanic *talgaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /talˀj/, [t͡sʰælˀj]

Noun

talg c (singular definite talgen, not used in plural form)

1. tallow
2. suet

References

• “talg” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Alternative forms

• talk (only for “tallow”)

Etymology

Borrowed in the sense “sebum” in the early 20th century from German Talg (“tallow; sebum”), from Middle Low German talg, from Old Saxon *talg, from Proto-West Germanic *talg, from Proto-Germanic *talgaz.

For “tallow”, the standard Dutch form was talk, but the borrowed form is now preferred in this sense as well, probably in order to avoid the homophony with talk (“talc”). This development may have been reinforced by inherited dialectal forms with -g, from Middle Dutch talch, which had been unused in written Dutch since the 18th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɑlx/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɑlx

Noun

talg m (uncountable)

1. sebum; skin fat
2. tallow

   Synonym: ossenwit

Derived terms

• talgklier

Related terms

• smout

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse tolg.

Noun

talg f or m (definite singular talga or talgen, uncountable)

1. tallow

References

• “talg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse tolg.

Noun

talg m (definite singular talgen, uncountable)
talg f (definite singular talga, uncountable)

1. tallow

References

• “talg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish talgher, from Middle Low German talch, from Old Saxon *talg, from Proto-West Germanic *talg, from Proto-Germanic *talgaz.

Noun

talg c

1. tallow
2. suet
3. sebum

Declension

Declension of talg

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	talg	talgs
	definite	talgen	talgens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Derived terms

• njurtalg (“suet”)
• talgoxe (“great tit”)
• talgkörtel (“sebaceous gland”)

References

• talg in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• talg in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• talg in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)