Bedeutung
Food with a high salt content.
Kultureller Hintergrund
Traditional 'Silkė' (herring) is the ultimate 'sūrus maistas'. It is often served with hot potatoes to balance the saltiness. The 'Bread and Salt' (Duona ir druska) welcome ceremony is a sacred tradition. While not 'maistas' in the culinary sense, it highlights the importance of salt. In many Western cultures, 'sūrus maistas' is being rebranded as 'high-sodium food' in public health campaigns to fight hypertension. The 'cook in love' myth exists in Lithuania just like in many Slavic and Germanic cultures—if the food is salty, the cook's heart is elsewhere.
The 'In Love' Rule
If you are at a Lithuanian's house and the food is too salty, you can joke 'Virėjas įsimylėjo!' to be polite.
Adjective Agreement
Always check the gender. If you describe a soup (sriuba - feminine), it's 'sūri sriuba', not 'sūrus sriuba'.
Bedeutung
Food with a high salt content.
The 'In Love' Rule
If you are at a Lithuanian's house and the food is too salty, you can joke 'Virėjas įsimylėjo!' to be polite.
Adjective Agreement
Always check the gender. If you describe a soup (sriuba - feminine), it's 'sūri sriuba', not 'sūrus sriuba'.
Ordering Water
If you order 'sūrus maistas', immediately order 'stalo vandens' (table water). You will need it!
Teste dich selbst
Fill in the correct form of 'sūrus' (nominative masculine singular).
Šis ______ maistas man nepatinka.
The noun 'maistas' is in the nominative case, so the adjective must also be nominative.
Which sentence means 'I don't eat salty food'?
Select the correct translation:
After the verb 'nevalgyti' (to not eat), we use the genitive case.
Match the Lithuanian phrase with its English meaning.
Match the pairs:
These are the key variations of the phrase.
In which situation would you say 'Šis maistas per sūrus'?
Choose the best context:
'Per sūrus' means 'too salty'.
🎉 Ergebnis: /4
Visuelle Lernhilfen
Sūraus maisto pavyzdžiai (Examples of Salty Food)
Užkandžiai
- • Traškučiai
- • Riešutai
- • Kepta duona
Tradicinis maistas
- • Silkė
- • Rauginti agurkai
- • Sūdyti lašiniai
Aufgabensammlung
4 AufgabenŠis ______ maistas man nepatinka.
The noun 'maistas' is in the nominative case, so the adjective must also be nominative.
Select the correct translation:
After the verb 'nevalgyti' (to not eat), we use the genitive case.
Ordne jedem Element links seinen Partner rechts zu:
These are the key variations of the phrase.
Choose the best context:
'Per sūrus' means 'too salty'.
🎉 Ergebnis: /4
Häufig gestellte Fragen
10 FragenNot at all! Many people love salty snacks. It only becomes negative if it's 'per sūrus' (too salty).
You can say 'mažiau sūrus maistas'.
Yes, 'sūri jūra' (salty sea) is very common.
The opposite is 'saldus maistas' (sweet food) or 'beskonis maistas' (tasteless food).
No, for savory (not sweet), Lithuanians usually just name the food or use 'nesaldus'.
Nominative: sūrūs maistai, Genitive: sūrių maistų.
Historically, salt was used to preserve food through the long winters.
No, that doesn't mean a 'salty person' in the English sense. It sounds like the person is covered in salt.
It is the noun 'saltiness'.
It is neutral and can be used in any setting.
Verwandte Redewendungen
Sūrus vanduo
similarSalty water / Saltwater
Saldus maistas
contrastSweet food
Aštrus maistas
similarSpicy food
Raugintas maistas
builds onFermented food
Sūdytas maistas
specialized formSalted food
