pretzel

English
WOTD – 18 August 2007
A pretzel

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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Translations

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): /ˈpɾɛtsew/

Noun

pretzel m (plural pretzels)

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

Samoan

Etymology

Derived from English pretzel.

Noun

pretzel

  1. pretzel

Swedish

Noun

pretzel c

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

Declension
Declension of pretzel 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative pretzel pretzeln pretzels, pretzlar pretzlarna
Genitive pretzels pretzelns pretzels, pretzlars pretzlarnas

References
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