adjective · rare

unsweet

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unsüß

Not sweetNot sweet.

Meaning

1 senses

Not sweet.
unsüß

More definitions

distasteful
(of champagne) moderately dry

Translations

1 languages

Deutsch

By meaning 1

not sweet:

Origin

From Middle English unswete, from Old English unswēte (“unsweet; bitter; sour”), from Prot

From Middle English unswete, from Old English unswēte (“unsweet; bitter; sour”), from Proto-West Germanic *unswōtī, from Proto-Germanic *unswōtuz (“unsweet”), equivalent to un- + sweet. Cognate with West Frisian ûnswiet (“unsweet”), Dutch onzoet (“unsweet”), German Low German unsööt (“unsweet”), German unsüß (“unsweet”), Swedish osöt (“unsweet”), Icelandic ósætur (“unsweet”).

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