salzen

See also: Salzen

German

Etymology

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

Verb

salzen (irregular, third-person singular simple present salzt, past tense salzte, past participle gesalzen or 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.

Conjugation

Further reading

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