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Definition 2025
sahti
sahti
Finnish
Noun
sahti
- (uncountable) A traditional home-brewed strong beer made of malts and traditionally spiced with juniper; nowadays also with hops.
- (countable) A serving of that drink.
Declension
| Inflection of sahti (Kotus type 5/risti, t-d gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sahti | sahdit | |
| genitive | sahdin | sahtien | |
| partitive | sahtia | sahteja | |
| illative | sahtiin | sahteihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | sahti | sahdit | |
| accusative | nom. | sahti | sahdit |
| gen. | sahdin | ||
| genitive | sahdin | sahtien | |
| partitive | sahtia | sahteja | |
| inessive | sahdissa | sahdeissa | |
| elative | sahdista | sahdeista | |
| illative | sahtiin | sahteihin | |
| adessive | sahdilla | sahdeilla | |
| ablative | sahdilta | sahdeilta | |
| allative | sahdille | sahdeille | |
| essive | sahtina | sahteina | |
| translative | sahdiksi | sahdeiksi | |
| instructive | — | sahdein | |
| abessive | sahditta | sahdeitta | |
| comitative | — | sahteineen | |
Usage notes
The name sahti has been entered in EU's "Register of certificates of specific character" (Commission Regulation (EC) No 244/2002) and is thereby protected as a traditional speciality. The description ‘traditional speciality guaranteed’ can only be used with names entered in that Register.