pretzel
To bend, twist, or contortTo bend, twist, or contort.
» Do you want a pretzel?
Möchtest du eine Brezel? — Vortarulo
Хочеш брецель? — deniko
Хочете брецель? — deniko
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1 senses(Canada, US, informal)To bend, twist, or contort.
They discovered a snake pretzelled into knots.
Examples
32 sentencesDo you want a pretzel?
Хочеш брецель? — deniko
deMöchtest du eine Brezel? — Vortarulo
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. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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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Forms
pretzels, pretzeling, pretzeled, pretzeled| Base form | pretzel · to pretzel |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | pretzels |
| Present participle | pretzeling |
| Past simple | pretzeled / pretzelled |
| Past participle | pretzeled / pretzelled |
regular · Lesson
Synonyms
5 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle