pretzel

English

WOTD – 18 August 2007

Alternative forms

Etymology

From 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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɹɛt.səl/, [ˈpʰɹɛʔt͡sɫ̩]
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  • Rhymes: -ɛtsəl

Noun

pretzel (plural pretzels)

  1. (cooking) A toasted bread or cracker usually in the shape of a loose knot.
  2. (by extension) Anything that is knotted, twisted, or tangled.

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Verb

pretzel (third-person singular simple present pretzels, present participle pretzelling or (US) pretzeling, simple past and past participle pretzelled or (US) pretzeled)

  1. (transitive, Canada, US, informal) To bend, twist, or contort.
    Synonyms: bend, twist, contort
    They discovered a snake pretzelled into knots.

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Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

From dialectal German Pretzel, a variant of standard Brezel.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpɾɛt.sew/ [ˈpɾɛt.seʊ̯], /ˈpɾɛt͡ʃ.sew/ [ˈpɾɛt͡ʃ.seʊ̯], /ˈpɾɛ.t͡ʃi.zew/ [ˈpɾɛ.t͡ʃi.zeʊ̯]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpɾɛt.sew/ [ˈpɾɛt.seʊ̯], /ˈpɾɛt͡ʃ.sew/ [ˈpɾɛt͡ʃ.seʊ̯]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpɾɛ.tzɛl/ [ˈpɾɛ.tzɛɫ]

Noun

pretzel m (plural pretzels)

  1. pretzel (toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot)

Swedish

Noun

pretzel c

  1. a pretzel
    Synonym: (informal) (salt)kringla

Declension

Declension of pretzel
nominative genitive
singular indefinite pretzel pretzels
definite pretzeln pretzelns
plural indefinite pretzels, pretzlar pretzels, pretzlars
definite pretzlarna pretzlarnas

References

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