Spätzle

See also: spätzle

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Alemannic German Spätzle, unclear if.

  1. a diminutive of Spatz (“sparrow”), comparing the name of the dish Rindsvögel
  2. or in another ablaut to the family of Spitze (“cusp, peak”), German Spieß (“spit”), comparing to the Italian spirelli (literally “little spires or coils”); compare its other name Knöpfli from Knopf (“knob”)
  3. or of even more obscure orgin possibly related to German Spatzeck (“tipcat”), which may be from the words for spits and cusps, or related to expressive verbs like Southern spatzen (“to make jerk away”), batzen (“to agglutinate by thrusting”), patzen (“to beat, to pound”), or Rhaeto-Romance forms of Latin battuere (“to beat, to pound”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃpɛt͡slə/
  • Audio (Berlin):(file)
  • Hyphenation: Spätz‧le

Noun

Spätzle n (strong, genitive Spätzles, plural Spätzle)

  1. (chiefly in the plural) spaetzle (southern German kind of noodles)
    Synonyms: Knöpfle, Spatzen

Declension

Declension of Spätzle [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Spätzle die Spätzle
genitive eines des Spätzles der Spätzle
dative einem dem Spätzle den Spätzle, Spätzlen1
accusative ein das Spätzle die Spätzle

1Very rare.

Derived terms

  • Brätspätzle
  • Käsespätzle, Kässpätzle
  • Krautspätzle
  • Leberspätzle
  • Milchspätzle
  • Spätzlehobel
  • Spätzlepresse
  • Spinatspätzle

References

  • “Spätzle” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Spätzle” in Duden online
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