zout

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech zúti, from Proto-Slavic *jьzuti (“to take off (footwear)”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *áutei, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ew-. Cognate with Latin exuere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzou̯t]

Verb

zout pf (imperfective zouvat)

1. to take off (a shoe)

   Antonym: obout

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive	zout, zouti	Active adjective	zuvší
Verbal noun	—	Passive adjective	—

Present forms	indicative		imperative
	singular	plural	singular	plural
1st person	zuji, zuju (coll.)	zujeme	—	zujme
2nd person	zuješ	zujete	zuj	zujte
3rd person	zuje	zují, zujou (coll.)	—	—

Participles	Past participles		Passive participles
	singular	plural	singular	plural
masculine animate	zul	zuli	zut	zuti
masculine inanimate		zuly		zuty
feminine	zula		zuta
neuter	zulo	zula	zuto	zuta

Transgressives	present	past
masculine singular	—	zuv
feminine + neuter singular	—	zuvši
plural	—	zuvše

Related terms

• obout
• obuv f
• přezout
• přezůvka f
• vyzout
• zouvat
• zouvák m
• zutý m

 

Further reading

• “zouti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “zouti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “zout”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɑu̯t/

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• Hyphenation: zout
• Rhymes: -ɑu̯t
• Homophone: zoudt

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch sout, from Old Dutch *salt. The noun is from Proto-Germanic *saltą, the adjective from *saltaz. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂l-, *séh₂ls. Compare German Salz, West Frisian sâlt, English salt, Danish salt.

Noun

zout n (plural zouten, diminutive zoutje n)

1. salt

   Wie heeft er twee kilo zout in mijn soep gedaan? Nu smaakt het ranzig!

   Who's put two kilogrammes of salt in my soup? It tastes putrid now!

Derived terms

• bergzout
• keukenzout
• mijnzout
• strooizout
• tafelzout
• zeezout
• zouten
• zoutgeest
• zoutgehalte
• zouthydraat
• zoutig
• zoutloos
• zoutmeer
• zoutmijn
• zoutoplossing
• zoutvlees
• zoutzuur

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: sout
• Negerhollands: sout
• Skepi Creole Dutch: sout
• → Aukan: sawtu
• → Loup A: sat
• →? Mahican: săschuak
• → Saramaccan: sátu
• → Sranan Tongo: sowtu
  • → Ndyuka-Trio Pidgin: sautu

Adjective

zout (comparative zouter, superlative zoutst)

1. salted

   Hou jij van zoute haring? ― Do you like salted herring?

2. salty (taste)

   Dit is echt veel te zout! ― This really is far too salty!

Declension

Declension of zout
uninflected	zout
inflected	zoute
comparative	zouter
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		zout	zouter	het zoutst het zoutste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	zoute	zoutere	zoutste
	n. sing.	zout	zouter	zoutste
	plural	zoute	zoutere	zoutste
definite		zoute	zoutere	zoutste
partitive		zouts	zouters	—

Derived terms

• zoutheid

 

Related terms

• zilt
• zult, zulte

Descendants

• Afrikaans: sout
• Berbice Creole Dutch: sautu

See also

• (tastes) smaak; bitter, zoet, zout, zuur ^{(Category: nl:Taste)}

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

zout

1. inflection of zouten:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative