sulten

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse soltinn, originally the past participle of the archaic verb svelte (“waste away, emaciate”), from Proto-Germanic *sweltaną.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sultɘn/, [ˈsuld̥ɘn]

Adjective

sulten

  1. Hungry, wanting to eat.
  2. Greatly desiring something.
Inflection
Inflection of sulten
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular sulten — —2
Neuter singular sultent — —2
Plural sultne — —2
Definite attributive1 sultne — —
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sultɘn/, [ˈsulˀd̥ɘn]

Noun

sulten c

  1. singular definite of sult

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse soltinn, originally the past participle of Old Norse svelta, from Proto-Germanic *sweltaną.

Adjective

sulten (neuter singular sultent, definite singular and plural sultne, comparative sultnere, indefinite superlative sultnest, definite superlative sultneste)

  1. hungry

Synonyms

Noun

sulten m

  1. definite singular of sult

See also

References

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse soltinn.

Adjective

sulten

  1. starving, ravenous
  2. gloomy
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