German

Noun

Sirup m ‎(genitive Sirups, plural Sirups or Sirupe)

1. syrup; viscous, sweet (sugary) liquid or semiliquid
2. viscous, sweet medicine [fell out of use before 1600]

Quotations

• 1563, New Kreüterbuch mit den allerschönsten vnd artlichsten Figuren aller Gewechß:

  Ein lindpurgirender Sirup von Rosen

References

1. ↑ Spiegel der artzney (1532) uses “Sirup” in Romance phrases embedded in the (Middle High) German text; the term was found in Germanic phrases by the 1540s.

English

Alternative forms

• syrup generally considered standard

Noun

sirup ‎(plural sirups)

1. (obsolete) A thick and viscid liquid made from the juice of fruits, herbs, etc., boiled with sugar.
2. (obsolete) A thick and viscid saccharine solution of superior quality (as sugarhouse sirup or molasses, maple sirup); specifically, in pharmacy and often in cookery, a saturated solution of sugar and water (simple sirup), or such a solution flavored or medicated.

   • Lucent sirups tinct with cinnamon. --John Keats.

Derived terms

• Mixing sirup. See the Note under Dextrose.

Translations

Anagrams

• puris

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪrʊp/

Noun

sirup m

1. syrup (liquid)

Declension

Danish

Noun

sirup c (singular definite siruppen, plural indefinite sirupper)

1. syrup

References

• “sirup” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse sirop and Latin siropus

Noun

sirup m ‎(definite singular sirupen, indefinite plural siruper, definite plural sirupene)

1. syrup

Derived terms

• lønnesirup

References

• “sirup” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse sirop and Latin siropus

Noun

sirup m ‎(definite singular sirupen, indefinite plural sirupar, definite plural sirupane)

1. syrup

Derived terms

• lønnesirup

References

• “sirup” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sǐrup/
• Hyphenation: si‧rup

Noun

sìrup m ‎(Cyrillic spelling сѝруп)

1. syrup

Declension