Learn Dutch: Dit zoutarme brood is helemaal niet lekker. - This low-salt bread is not tasty at all.

The suffix -arm literally means "poor," but when attached to a noun, it means "low in." So zoutarm means "low-salt." If you wanted to emphasize that the bread has absolutely zero salt, you would use the suffix -vrij instead, making it zoutvrij (salt-free).

Why is there an -e on the end of zoutarme?

Compound adjectives formed with suffixes like -arm, -vrij, or -rijk follow standard adjective declension rules. Because brood is a het-word and is preceded by the definite demonstrative word dit ("this"), the adjective requires the standard -e ending.

Do I always write these compound adjectives as one single word?

Yes. In Dutch, adjectival suffixes of composition like -arm, -rijk, and -vrij attach directly to the noun they describe without spaces or hyphens. Writing zout arme as two words would be incorrect.

How does helemaal niet work in this sentence?