pastej

Swedish

(1) Sandwiches with liver pâté.

(2) Two mazarins, filled with an almond paste.

(3) Three types of walltower.

Etymology

Borrowed from Low German pasteie. Attested since 1538.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pastɛj/
• Rhymes: -ɛj

Noun

pastej c

1. pâté
2. (archaic) a pie, a tart (either savory or sweet)

   Synonym: paj

   • 1898 February 18, John Skysail, “XI. När kocken kom i land [XI. When the cook came ashore]”, in Från denna och andra sidan linien [From this and the other side of the line], quoted in Bohusläningen, page 3:

     Här funno vi före oss ett 20-tal sjömän, de flesta tillhörande engelska nationen. Sedan en bastant middag, bestående af rostbiff med färsk potatis, färsk soppa och s. k. »pie» (= paj, ett slags pastej eller bakelseverk) till efterrätt, blifvit vederbörligen inmundigad, beslöto jag och min kamrat att göra en liten tur ut i staden frampå eftermiddagen, […]

     Here we found ourselves among some twenty sailors, most of them belonging to the English nation. After a substantial dinner, consisting of roast beef with new potatoes, fresh soup, and what is called "pie" (=paj, a sort of pie or confection) for dessert, had been duly consumed, my companion and I decided to take a short tour of the town in the afternoon, […]

3. alternative spelling of postej (“walltower”)

Declension

Declension of pastej

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	pastej	pastejs
	definite	pastejen	pastejens
plural	indefinite	pastejer	pastejers
	definite	pastejerna	pastejernas

Derived terms

(pâte):

• böcklingpastej (“buckling pâté”)
• kycklingpastej (“chicken pâté”)
• laxpastej (“salmon pâte”)
• leverpastej (“liver pâté”)

(pie; tart):

• kycklingpastej (“chicken pie”)
• köttpastej (“meat pie”)
• laxpastej (“salmon pie”)
• ostpastej (“cheese pie”)
• pastejbotten (“pie crust”)
• pastejfyllning (“pie filling”)

References

• “pastej”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)