Seelachs

German

Etymology

From See (“sea”) +‎ Lachs (“salmon”). So called because it was used as a substitute for salmon in the production of smoked salmon (“lox”) in the first half of the 20th century. This use is no longer common, but the name has been kept for marketing reasons.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzeːlaks/

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Noun

Seelachs m (strong, genitive Seelachses, plural Seelachse)

1. (commercial, cooking) saithe, coalfish (Pollachius virens, a cod of the North Atlantic)

   Synonym: (biology, fishing) Köhler

Declension

Declension of Seelachs [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Seelachs	die	Seelachse
genitive	eines	des	Seelachses	der	Seelachse
dative	einem	dem	Seelachs, Seelachse1	den	Seelachsen
accusative	einen	den	Seelachs	die	Seelachse

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Alaska-Seelachs

Further reading

• “Seelachs” in Duden online