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): [ˈsuld̥ən], [ˈsuld̥n̩]

Adjective

sulten (neuter sultent, plural and definite singular attributive sultne)

1. Hungry, wanting to eat.
2. Greatly desiring something.

Inflection

Inflection of sulten

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	sulten	—	—2
indefinite 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 corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsulˀd̥ən], [ˈsulˀd̥n̩]

Noun

sulten c

1. definite singular 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

• hungrig

Related terms

• sult
• sulte

Noun

sulten m

1. definite singular of sult

See also

• svolten (Nynorsk)

References

• “sulten” in The Bokmål Dictionary.