A culinary and medicinal herb with fine, thread-like leaves, used especially to season salads, sauces, and fish dishes.
example
Für den Gurkensalat schneide ich immer frischen Dill aus dem Garten.
For cucumber salad, I always cut fresh dill from the garden.
Usage tips
Culinary use
Dill is classically combined with fish (especially salmon), cucumbers, and potatoes. Typical dishes are 'Gurkensalat mit Dill' (cucumber salad with dill), 'Dillkartoffeln' (dill potatoes), or 'Dillsoße' (dill sauce) with fish.
EXAMPLE
Zu gekochtem Lachs passt eine cremige Dillsoße hervorragend.
A creamy dill sauce goes wonderfully with boiled salmon.
Use as a mass noun
'Dill' (dill) is usually used like a mass noun (e.g., salt, flour), without an article and in the singular, when referring to the ingredient. People speak of 'frischem Dill' (fresh dill) or say that they need 'etwas Dill' (some dill).
EXAMPLE
Für die Soße benötigst du noch etwas frischen Dill.
For the sauce, you still need some fresh dill.
Typical verbs
When talking about preparation, dill is often used with the verbs 'hacken' (to chop) or 'schneiden' (to cut). When adding it to a dish, you say 'Dill dazugeben' (to add dill) or 'mit Dill würzen' (to season with dill).
EXAMPLE
Der Dill wird fein gehackt und unter den Quark gemischt.
The dill is finely chopped and mixed into the quark.