noun · uncountable · rare

chopped liver

gehackte Leber

A Jewish pâté-like food, usually spread on bread, made by mincing beef or chicken…A Jewish pâté-like food, usually spread on bread, made by mincing beef or chicken liver and onions which have been broiled or fried in schmaltz (“chicken fat”) together with hard-boiled eggs.

UK/ˈt͡ʃɒpt ˌlɪvə/US/ˈt͡ʃɑpt ˌlɪvɚ/

Meaning

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(uncountable)A Jewish pâté-like food, usually spread on bread, made by mincing beef or chicken liver and onions which have been broiled or fried in schmaltz (“chicken fat”) together with hard-boiled eggs.
gehackte Leber
(humorous, idiomatic, informal, uncountable)A person or object not worthy of being noticed; someone or something insignificant.

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Jewish pâté-like food:

Origin

Calque of Yiddish געהאַקטע לעבער (gehakte leber), from געהאַקטע (gehakte, “chopped”) (comp

Calque of Yiddish געהאַקטע לעבער (gehakte leber), from געהאַקטע (gehakte, “chopped”) (compare the verb האַקן (hakn, “to chop”)) + לעבער (leber, “liver”).

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