pretzel
A toasted bread or cracker usually in the shape of a loose knotA toasted bread or cracker usually in the shape of a loose knot.
» Do you want a pretzel?
Möchtest du eine Brezel?
Хочеш брецель?
Хочете брецель?
Meaning
2 sensesA toasted bread or cracker usually in the shape of a loose knot.
Breze, Brezel, Brezen
кре́ндельkréndelʹ, кренделёкkrendeljók, пре́цельprécelʹ
бре́цельbrécelʹ
glazed and salted cracker typically in the shape of a loose knot
(broadly, figuratively)Anything that is knotted, twisted, or tangled.
кре́ндельkréndelʹ, бу́бликbúblik, бара́нкаbaránka
Examples
32 sentencesDo you want a pretzel?
Хочеш брецель?
deMöchtest du eine Brezel?
A pretzel is a kind of bread shaped like a loose knot.
These pretzels are making me thirsty.
Tom ate a gluten-free pretzel.
These pretzels are stale.
deDiese Brezeln sind alt.
Translations
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Origin
From dialectal German Pretzel, a variant of standard Brezel, from Old High German brēzitelFrom dialectal German Pretzel, a variant of standard Brezel, from Old High German brēzitella, from Vulgar Latin *brāchiātellus, diminutive of Latin brāchium, bracchium (“arm”); named for the appearance of folded arms.
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