saft

From German Saft (“juice, sap”).

saft m

1. juice

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Borrowed from German Saft, from Proto-West Germanic *sap (“juice, sap”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑfd/, [ˈsɑfd̥], [ˈsɑ̈ft]

saft c (singular definite saften, plural indefinite safter)

1. juice

Borrowed from German Saft (“juice, sap”).

• IPA^(key): /saft/

  Rhymes: -aft

saft f (genitive singular saftar, nominative plural saftir) or (less commonly)
saft n (genitive singular safts, no plural)

1. fruit juice

   Synonyms: safi, djús

or (less commonly)

• fast

From Old English sċeaft (“shaft”).

saft

1. Alternative form of schaft (“shaft”)

From Old English sċeaft (“creation”).

saft

1. Alternative form of schaft (“creation”)

From German Saft.

saft f or m (definite singular safta or saften, indefinite plural safter, definite plural saftene)

1. juice

• juice, jus

• fruktsaft
• råsaft
• sitronsaft

• saftig

• “saft” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From German Saft.

• IPA^(key): /sɑft/

saft f (definite singular safta, indefinite plural safter, definite plural saftene)

1. juice

• juice, jus

• fruktsaft
• råsaft
• sitronsaft

• saftig

• “saft” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old English sēfte.

saft (comparative safter, superlative saftest)

1. soft
2. (weather) mild, in a state of thaw
3. (weather) wet, damp, rainy
4. (of clothing, etc.) soft in texture, pliable, loose

saft (comparative safter, superlative saftest)

1. softly
   • 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:

     He cried small and saft like a bairn, and drove the grey out into the water. And aye as he spurred it the foam should have been flying as high as his head, but in that uncanny hour there was no foam; only the waves running sleek like oil.

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2. in a peaceable, quiet state

saft (plural safts)

1. a thaw
2. rain, moisture

• saftie

From German Saft.

• IPA^(key): /sâft/

sȁft m (Cyrillic spelling са̏фт)

1. sauce

• “saft”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

From Middle High German Saft. Related to sav (English sap).

• IPA^(key): /saft/

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saft c

1. juice (within an organism – usually a plant, sometimes an animal)

   Pressa i saften från citronen

   Squeeze in the juice from the lemon

   köttsaft

   meat juices

   1. sap

      Synonym: (in the stricter sense) sav

2. cordial, squash, fruit syrup (a thick, sweetened, usually fruit-based concentrate that is mixed with water before drinking)

   Barnen fick saft och tårta

   The children had cordial and cake

   en tillbringare med saft

   a jug/pitcher of cordial/squash

   Saft spä(d)s (ut) med vatten innan man dricker den

   Cordial is diluted with water before you drink it

   • 1979, “Hallonsaft [Raspberry cordial]”, in Pierre Kartner (music), Klasse Möllberg i Smurfland [Klasse Möllberg in Smurf Land]‎^[1], performed by Klasse Möllberg:

     (Och här kommer vers nummer ett.) När smurfer ["smurfar" is the more common plural] ställer till med fest (så vet vi hur man festar bäst). De fixar korv och en god pastej. (Vi smurfar allt du kan tänka dig.) Kulörta lyktor och musik. (En tårta som är sagolik.) Så ställer de fram en jättebål. (Vi fyller våra glas och säger skål.) Saft, saft, hallonsaft, bättre saft har ingen haft. (Saft, saft, hallonsaft, bättre saft har ingen haft.)

     (And here comes verse number one.) When smurfs throw a party ([then] we know how to party best [how one parties best]). They get [fix – could also mean make, etc.] sausages and a good pâté. (We smurf everything you can imagine.) Colorful [colored] lanterns and music. (A cake that is fabulous.) Then they set out a giant punch bowl. (We fill our glasses and say cheers.) Cordial, cordial, raspberry cordial, better cordial has no one ever had [has no one had]. Cordial, cordial, raspberry cordial, better cordial has no one ever had.

(Fruit) juice as a beverage is called juice.

• apelsinsaft
• blandsaft
• druvsaft
• fittsaft
• fläderblomssaft
• hallonsaft
• jordgubbssaft
• köttsaft (“meat juice”)
• magsaft
• rödvinbärssaft
• saftblandare
• saftglas
• saftsås
• svartvinbärssaft
• vinbärssaft
• äppelsaft

• → Finnish: sahti

• juice
• klappgröt
• späda (“dilute”)
• utspädd (“diluted”)

• saft in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• saft in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• saft in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• fast, fats, staf