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Tilsit

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Former name of Sovetsk: a city in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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noun

Meaning 2

A light-yellow semihard smear-ripened cheese of East Prussian origin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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History

Etymology

From German Tilsit, from the name of the Tilse River, from Old Prussian tilzi (“soggy”).

Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • French: Tilsit — former name of Sovetsk
  • German: Tilsit — former name of Sovetsk
  • Lithuanian: Tilžė — former name of Sovetsk
  • Old Prussian: Tilzi — former name of Sovetsk
  • Polish: Tylża — former name of Sovetsk
  • Russian: Тильзи́т (Tilʹzít) — former name of Sovetsk
  • Finnish: tilsitjuusto — cheese
  • Finnish: Tilsit-juusto — cheese
  • German: Tilsiter — cheese
  • Polish: ser tylżycki — cheese
  • Russian: тильзи́тер (tilʹzíter) — cheese