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German Low German
Etymology
From Middle Low German sö̂te, from Old Saxon swōti, from Proto-West Germanic *swōtī, from Proto-Germanic *swōtuz. Cognate with English sweet.
Adjective
sööt
- sweet
- 1871, Hermann Hartmann, Bilder aus Westfalen. Sagen, Volks- und Familienfeste, Gebräuche, Volksaberglaube und sonstige Volksthümlichkeiten des ehemaligen Fürstenthums Osnabrück, Osnabrück, p. 14:
Hallôp, hallôp! N. N. heft Hedewegge to kôp.
Schmeckt so seute as Ferkenfeute (Schweinefüße).
Steckt der ein betken Botter in,
Schmeckt no eis so seute (süß)!- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
- Peter Hansen (2024) “sööt”, in Digitales Wörterbuch Niederdeutsch (dwn)