adjective
salty
B1
salzig means salty, describing taste or saline character (food, water). It's a gradable adjective: comparative salziger, superlative am salzigsten. Common antonym süß (sweet). Not a participle. Used attributively or predicatively like ordinary adjectives; no special prepositions or irregular forms in German.
Examples
Der Fisch ist zu salzig.
The fish is too salty.
Die Suppe schmeckte salzig, weil der Koch zu viel Salz streute.
The soup tasted salty because the cook sprinkled too much salt.
Details
Mnemonics
Imagine sprinkling salt from a shaker and tasting something sharp
salty ~ salzig (similar sound and meaning)
Notes
Used to describe a high salt taste. Can be used both literally (food) and figuratively (e.g., 'eine salzige Bemerkung' for a biting remark).