vrhnje

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From vȑh (“top”), due to the cream being skimmed from the top of milk, compare the Austrian German Schlagobers.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋr̂xɲe/
  • Hyphenation: vrh‧nje

Noun

vȑhnje n (Cyrillic spelling вр̏хње)

  1. (uncountable, Croatia) cream (liquid separated from milk)
    Synonym: šlag (“whipped cream”)
    Synonym: pavlaka (Bosnia, Serbia)

Declension

Declension of vrhnje
singular
nominative vrhnje
genitive vrhnja
dative vrhnju
accusative vrhnje
vocative vrhnje
locative vrhnju
instrumental vrhnjem

Further reading

  • “vrhnje”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
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