Salzstangel

German

Etymology

Salzstange +‎ -el

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsalt͡sˌʃtanɡl̩/, /ˈsɔed̥sˌʃtanɡl̩/ (Austria, Bavaria)
  • IPA(key): /ˈzalt͡sˌʃtanɡl̩/
  • Hyphenation: Salz‧stan‧gel

Noun

Salzstangel n (strong or mixed, genitive Salzstangels, plural Salzstangel or Salzstangeln)

  1. (Austria, excluding Vorarlberg) oblong bread roll made from the same dough as Semmeln which is rolled up diagonally (thus tapered at both ends) and sprinkled with coarse salt and caraway
    Synonyms: Salzstangerl, Salzstängel
  2. (Austria, Bavaria) thin stick-shaped snack sprinkled with salt, pretzel stick
    Synonyms: Salzstange, Salzstangerl, Soletti

Declension

Further reading

  • Ebner, Jakob (2019) Duden, Österreichisches Deutsch. Wörterbuch der Gegenwartssprache in Österreich, 5th edition, Berlin: Dudenverlag, →ISBN, page 388