salzen

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German salzen, from Old High German salzan, from Proto-Germanic *saltaną.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: sal‧zen

Verb

salzen (weak or mixed, third-person singular present salzt, past tense salzte, past participle gesalzen or (rare) gesalzt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to salt (something) for flavor; to season
    Hast du das Fleisch schon gesalzen?
    Have you already salted the meat?
  2. (transitive) to preserve (something) with salt

Usage notes

  • The usual past participle is gesalzen. The form gesalzt is rare.

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