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Schnörkel
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schnorkel
German
Pronunciation
de De-Schnörkel.ogg
de De-Schnörkel2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
m
curlicue
embellishment
10 Das Schnitzwerk seines Gesimses stellte kleine, pausbäckige Engelchen dar, die zwischen allerhand Schnörkeln, wie in einem Irrgarten gefangen saßen. The carving of its moulding depicted small, chubby-faced little angels, which sat between all sorts of embellishments, like trapped in a maze.
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